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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
- Path: sparky!uunet!shlny!usenet
- From: nwc (Nick Christopher)
- Subject: Re: cron and shell scripts
- Message-ID: <C0I27v.5uC@ny.shl.com>
- Sender: usenet@ny.shl.com (Net News)
- Nntp-Posting-Host: next
- Reply-To: nwc@ny.shl.com
- Organization: SHL Systemhouse Inc.
- References: <86258@ut-emx.uucp>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 19:59:55 GMT
- Lines: 14
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- In article <86258@ut-emx.uucp> mikael@scout.utexas.edu (Mikael Behrens) writes:
- > 10 17 * * * mikael /bin/sh /Users/mikael/Apps/RetrieveMail
- >
- >
- > The last line is my addition. I've been changing the times to test it.
- > I've also tried this entry:
- >
- > 10 17 * * * mikael /Users/mikael/Apps/RetrieveMail
- >
- > Neither works.
-
- try:
-
- 10 17 * * * root su mikael -c '/Users/mikael/Apps/RetrieveMail'
-