[SATLUG] Quiz time!

[Thomas King]

> On 8/2/07, Thomas King <kingttx at tomslinux.homelinux.org> wrote:
>> Sorry about that last send. :|
>>
>> Let's take a look at automating when commands and scripts are run using cron.
>> If
>> you are not familiar with cron, I would suggest looking up some tutorials on
>> this tool. Even regular users would benefit from using it.
>>
>> Part 1: What is the command and switches for editing the crontab file and
>> listing the crontab jobs?
>
> crontab -e for editing and crontab -l for listing
>
>>
>> Part 2: When will this script be run?
>> 36   5   12   6   *   /script/file
>>
>
> Every June 12th at 5:36 AM
>
>> Part 3: Where would you put a script if you simply needed it to be run hourly,
>> daily, weekly, and/or monthly without needing to create a crontab entry? The
>> answer should have a separate location for each time period.
>>
>
> /etc/cron.hourly
> /etc/cron.daily
> /etc/cron.weekly
> /etc/cron.monthly
>
>> Part 4: Where would regular users put their crontab entries?
>> --
>
> when they edit and save them, they get stored in
> /var/spool/cron/crontabs, but it may vary between distros and/or cron
> programs
>
> Ed

Good stuff!

Thoughts?