On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 16:09, Niki Kovacs <contact at kikinovak.net> wrote: > Hi, > > I have to setup a scheduled task on a server, and I just read through > some crontab docs. Now I'm confused. It's not so much the syntax of the > cron job to define (I got that), it's more... how do I get to define it? > Use a text editor (vi or the likes) to edit /etc/crontab directly? Or > create some empty file in /etc/cron.daily or /etc/cron.hourly or the > likes and then edit it using crontab -e ? As root, crontab -e. This is all you need. ne... -- Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org) Now accepting personal mail for GMail invites. Mike Ditka - "If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms." - http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/mike_ditka.html