Re: [CONFUSED NEWBIE] Cron

From: Kirk Strauser (kirk_at_strauser.com)
Date: 11/05/04

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    Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 14:20:26 -0600
    
    
    

    On Friday 05 November 2004 12:49, Joseph wrote:

    > I added a new line to crontab:
    > 0 0 * * * root /usr/lib/cgi-bin/send_hit_count.cgi
    >
    > 1. send_hit_count.cgi apparently is not being executed.

    9 times out of 10 when this happens to me, it's because I forgot to add an
    extra blank line to the end of the crontab. Basically, cron really wants
    the last character of the file to be a newline.

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    Kirk Strauser
    
    

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