Eh, silly me. I misread and now I'm replying to myself. Try: 0 0-23 * * * ./filename The second field is hours. Specifying a range implies hourly execution within the range. You may still want the full path though. :^) Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Schmid" To: Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 3:24 PM Subject: Re: crontab for FreeBSD > Try using the full path for > > HTH > > Larry > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carl Parrish" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 2:44 PM > Subject: crontab for FreeBSD > > > > Okay yet another stupid newbie question. I've gotten too used > > to/etc/cron.hourly it seems. Now I'm on a FreeBSD box and I can't seem > > to get a cron job to run hourly. > > > > I tried crontab -e > > > > then > > > > 0 * * * * ./filename > > > > > > only that doesn't seem to be working what am I doing wrong? > > > > > > Carl Parrish. > > > > ________________________________________________ > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >