Gossamer Forum: General: Internet Technologies: Darn crontab :(

Nov 25, 2004, 9:36 AM

Andy

Veteran / Moderator (18441 posts)

Nov 25, 2004, 9:36 AM

Post #1 of 3

Shortcut

Darn crontab :(

Hi guys,

Anyone got any pointers as to why;

0 0 */6 * perl /var/home/test/foobar.net/cgi-bin/dev/foo/script.cgi

...doesn't seem to work?

It gives me the following error when trying to setup via SSH;

Quote:

linkssql@ns1 admin $ crontab cron.txt
"cron.txt":3: bad day-of-week
errors in crontab file, can't install.

I can't see any obvious mistakes ..but my head is hurting from staring at it for so long. ANY ideas are much appreciated Cool

TIA

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Nov 25, 2004, 8:51 PM

Chaz

Enthusiast (819 posts)

Nov 25, 2004, 8:51 PM

Post #2 of 3

Shortcut

Re: [Andy] Darn crontab :( In reply to

Hey Andy,

You're missing the day-of-week field. You need to add either a * or 0-6:

Code:
0 0 */6 * * perl /var/home/test/foobar.net/cgi-bin/dev/foo/script.cgi

~Charlie

Nov 25, 2004, 11:57 PM

Andy

Veteran / Moderator (18441 posts)

Nov 25, 2004, 11:57 PM

Post #3 of 3

Shortcut

Re: [Chaz] Darn crontab :( In reply to

In Reply To:

Hey Andy,

You're missing the day-of-week field. You need to add either a * or 0-6:

Code:
0 0 */6 * * perl /var/home/test/foobar.net/cgi-bin/dev/foo/script.cgi

~Charlie

LMAO ... you are a saviour! Its amazing how stupid you can be when you stare at the same code for ages :(

Thanks again.

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk