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Posted: July 15 2006,08:10

I need to run the statistics application Webalizer in command mode every hour. I know this: 0 1 * * * webalizer

I recall it is best with making a file with the command and then have this files executed on boot (by crond?), so the file runs webalize each hour.

But I recall no more the exact way.

I need to know

1) The name I have to call above file
2) where to put it
3) what to put in it
4) how to have the file executed on boot

or better

Hope someone has the time and effort to help me on this.

Thank you

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Posted: July 15 2006,10:55

I managed to install kcron and set this up. Hope it helps.

Which file can I now check to see the code?

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Posted: July 15 2006,17:15

Just command crontab -e

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Posted: July 16 2006,12:04

If I remember correctly you have to include the full path to commands in the cron entry, i.e. 0 1 * * * /full/path/to/webalizer

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Posted: July 29 2006,22:30

Quote (skaos @ July 16 2006,09:04)

If I remember correctly you have to include the full path to commands in the cron entry, i.e. 0 1 * * * /full/path/to/webalizer

OK, I did that.

After installing Kcron, the command crontab does not exist, but Kcron seem to work outside of crontab. Maybe it's using cron directly?

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