Cron Job/ Crontab -e Setup With Putty

lochquel · Joined: Jul 10, 2003 Posts: 23

Hello, I'm sure the answer to this query is quite simple, but I'm attempting to use Putty (SSH/ Telnet) to setup a Cron Job. I can get to the "crontab -e" command and into the 'edit' screen. I then type in my cronjob similar to this...

0***$HOME/bob/mt/linkblog.pl

What do i do then to save and close this Cron Job? something like "crtl+K+X" all at once or something else. I have tried "crtl+K+X" and it doesn't seem to work, so now I'm confused.

silmaril8n · Joined: Jan 29, 2004 Posts: 1743 Location: Phoenix, AZ

Well going from this tutorial you would just do "Ctrl-kx"

http://www.nerc-online.com/support/www/crontab.html

Christopher · Joined: Aug 02, 2004 Posts: 171

This depends entirley on your editor.

Connect and issue the following command

oxomo · Joined: Mar 09, 2006 Posts: 1

There is another way to do it with putty, and this is more handy than logging in all the time to update your cron.

1. Make a file called cron.txt, this should have all your crons in it

2. upload this to your webserver, probably above your htdocs directory to keep it private

3. log in with putty and type

cd /usr/you/home/directory

to the file with your cron.txt in it

4. type crontab crontab.txt

5. Type crontab -l to make sure it has worked.

6. Check out http://www.vainternet.co.uk, I can set up your cron for you if you want.