Re: [Sheflug] Mail Check Script

[nospam [at] alexhudson.com]

On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 11:40:42AM +0000, Richard wrote:
> In /etc/crontab for the regular download of mail I have the
> following line....
> 
> 15 6-23 * * * root /usr/local/sbin/isdnctrl dial ippp0
> 
> this downloads mail and I don't have to touch anything.  The mailcheck
> line that Craig's put in is....
> 
> */15 * * * root /usr/local/sbin/mailcheck

Okay, so line one works, but line two doesn't. Now, I'm no cron expert, but I can count, and I don't see enough fields - it seems to me that line two will only run the command '' on days called 'root'. I would throw another '* ' in there, to make sure :)

So, what we should have (according to me!) is:
*/15 * * * * root /usr/local/sbin/mailcheck

. as in, every fifteen minutes, every hour, every day, every month, don't care what the day is, user root, command mailcheck. 

Or have I missed the point?

And I shall make no jokes about Richard being found in possession of /bin/hash :)

Cheers,

Alex.


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