From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 24-105-198-45.cm.mhcable.com ([24.105.198.45] helo=smtp.mhcable.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BakLm-0000Yt-00 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:01:50 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deliver.mhcable.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 269D1E71F7; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:55:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp.mhcable.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (VaMailArmor-2.0.1.16) id 24146-65B55DF7; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:55:38 -0400 Received: from beaver.box (209-23-49-149.cm.mhcable.com [209.23.49.149]) by smtp.mhcable.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D047AE71F7; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:55:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from beaver.box (chuckh@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by beaver.box (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i5H01mr6029595; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:01:48 -0400 Received: from localhost (chuckh@localhost) by beaver.box (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) with ESMTP id i5H01mos029592; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:01:48 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: beaver.box: chuckh owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:01:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Hallenbeck Sender: chuckh@beaver.box To: Jayson Smith , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <001101c453f7$b9a45a40$6500a8c0@h2c8f0> Message-ID: References: <001101c453f7$b9a45a40$6500a8c0@h2c8f0> X-OpenPGP-Fingerprint: 0C589180D4496F1544BAB4308355D1BC33DC7DB46 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiVirus: checked by Vexira MailArmor (version: 2.0.1.16; VAE: 6.25.0.62; VDF: 6.25.0.96; host: smtp.mhcable.com) Cc: Subject: Re: Cron question X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 00:01:50 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Read all about it with "man crontab". If you do "crontab -e" as root, you will be editing a text file containing the scheduling instructions for cron. On Slackware systems at least, this file is well documented with comment statements and examples. On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, Jayson Smith wrote: > Hi, > I have recently installed Gentoo, and before that I was using Debian. I > don't know which Cron daemon comes standard with Debian but in Gentoo I > chose VixiCron. Aparently, Debian's Cron daemon fired off at about 6:25 > A.M. local time for daily events. Aparently, Gentoo's fires at about 3:00 > A.M. local time. My question is this. What determines at what time of day > Cron will fire? > Jayson. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > - -- The Moon is Waning Crescent (1% of Full) My home page is now at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iQCVAwUBQNDfbDVdG8M9x9tGAQLIXQP/R0iOXDkZ164EMNTDOnDkOHEX8VcZ0WyV kITCbzqAEEcNtQy2EMnN65eZmda4wmxMxAreBipgqCn12cGbtNbkGYwmQmn+r0Ik pHkRayr1Qsq2rul0KkOV3cEPa61oaJD6A+0RxXS0ec1tVFOyqE3XSOk7A/k/t4OE 559kpVlghdU= =1u6R -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----