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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!ieunet!curia!usenet From: Turlough FitzPatrick <turlough@odyssey.ucc.ie> Subject: Re: Can't Figure Out Crontab / 2.0.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <30C99317.41C67EA6@odyssey.ucc.ie> Sender: usenet@curia.ucc.ie Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: University College Cork References: <dhawkDJACBK.9yF@netcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Sat, 9 Dec 1995 13:45:59 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (X11; I; BSD/386 uname failed) Lines: 22 David H wrote: > > [Running a conferencing system remotely] > > Booted the 2.0.5 on November 15, 1995. Have changed the root > cron entry (with crontab ) a couple of times since but > the changes didn't take effect. I've got processes kicking > off every night that I can't stop. Would rebooting fix anything? > > Also, does /etc/crontab do anything? And what runs /etc/daily > (and /etc/weekly, /etc/monthly)? > > Thanks. > > later, david > -- > David Hawkins dhawk@netcom.com > "In searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self-respect > took second place." -- Iggy Pop Once you have updated the root file you must restart cron. This forces cron to reread the file, and pick up the changes.