[ILUG] Cron(tab) Ca I add this?

[Gavin Beatty]

On 06/08/07, Frank Murphy <frankly3d.weblists at gmail.com> wrote:
> crontab -e 23.15 * * *  cp  -u --remove-destination
> /home/Frank/.cxoffice.../hosts  /etc/hosts

I have no idea what that's supposed to do. Is it: at 2315h every day,
cp blah? If so, it's wrong.

In any case, Wikipedia has a nice beginner friendly intro to crontabs.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crontab
That should sort out crontabs for anyone needing to be in the know.

PS: It's always clever to add the full path to any bins used. I'd to
it even if /bin/cp looks anal and stupid ;) You can always have a:
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:...
at the top of your crontab either, just to be sure as crontab doesn't
inherit the environment it starts in.

PPS:

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