Where do I put my cron jobs

[richclever]

Hi,

I am new to cron, and am having a few problems.

I have to run a scheduled task every day, and the perl script I am using says that it needs to be created as a shell script (eg. ###START OD SHELL SCRIPT
cd /path_to_cgi_script_directory
perl cgi_script_name
###END OF SHELL SCRIPT)

I need this to run at 3am every day, but i have no idea where to put the shell script or what to call it. Can anybody help

Thanks
Richard

 

[HeyZuess]

at the prompt type "man crontab" and "man cron" - everything you need is in there.

 

[mcrackin]

I use webmin and access my system via web browser. From there I access cron and via point and click I set up my schedule. Try to access

http://localhost:10000.

If webmin is loaded it should give you access via internet browser. And you password is what ever you root password. I found that using this really makes things a little easier. Richard S. McCranie
CoMatrix Southeast
richm@comatrix.com

 

[richclever]

Thanks all,

I managed to crack it myself anyway. mcrackin is right, webmin does make things much easier. The problem was compunded by me having the wrong permissions on the scripts so they would never execute!! Oh well we live and learn.

Thanks again

Richard