help with crontab

[Guest Peo]

I'm doing some tests with Linux scheduling, so I decided to have Kmail to run every hour.

I made a file called test, then I put in the following line:

01 * * * * kmail

.

Next I did:

$ crontab test

 

It doesn't work - any suggestion?

Thx

 

Peo

[paul]

try doing:

crontab -e

this opens a editor (vi)

then put the crontab command like this:

01 * * * * kmail

then :wq and you will see a message that says "installing new crontab for user : username"

[aru]

I'm doing some tests with Linux scheduling, so I decided to have Kmail to run every hour.

I made a file called test, then I put in the following line:

01 * * * * kmail

.

Next I did:

$ crontab test

 

It doesn't work - any suggestion?

Thx

 

Peo

The problem is not the way you created your crontab which is perfectly correct. The problem is that cron must know somethings before running shuch kind of program: the PATH to the kmail executable and, since it's a GUI program, the DISPLAY where it has to be executed.

check the following link to the old board where we discused a similar problem:

http://www.club-nihil.net/mub/viewtopic.php?t=4465

[Guest Peo]

OK, thanks. Now I'm starting to understand. :)

I'll make some tests.

[Guest Peo]

OK, I got everything I needed working. :)

 

Thanks a lot