You can edit the crontab with crontab -e and the file for root is located at /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root . Thanks. That's what I did in the end. Which showed a completely different crontab to the one I'd created. Knowing where the operational crontab is stored helps as well. I look after a number...

Tim CowChip wrote:

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sudo /usr/sbin/crond restart

Thanks. I was expecting a script in /etc/rc.d, which is what threw me.

does

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crontab -l

show your cron file?

No, but it did point me in the right direction. Too much time spent with Red Hat derived distros.

Paul.

Im by no means a geek,and im sure someone more clued up will get to you soon. But this link might give you a head start maybe :?: http://www.unixgeeks.org/security/newbie/unix/cron-1.html http://www.foogazi.com/2006/12/07/understand-cron-jobs-in-5-minutes/ Best of luck toothandnail :D :) Thanks. Fo...

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