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Hello,
My dm500 with Openpli is disconnected from satellite so time is not correct...
Actually i update it manually with date command : date -s 2012.06.18-18:58:00

I would like to create a script (cron script) to update time during the boot (before other services start) and each day ...
For this, i have enabled Cron from DM500 -> System Setting -> Services
and i tried to create my cron script :

On the DM500 by telnet i typed crontab -e :
then i entered my script (to update time at each minute - just to see if it work) :
1 * * * * /sbin/rdate -s time.mit.edu
After this, i have found a new file (crontab.273) in /var/spool/cron with my command inside...

but nothing appear, no time update... nothing...
I tried also to duplicate the file to /var/spool/cron/crontab
i also renamed my file in "root" but nothing

Any idea please ?

Can someone help me please ?
Thankyou
Ced

1 * * * * will run your command every hour!
to get it once a day it must be something like "1 1 * * * command"


You should indeed have a file /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root containing your crontab entry.

Did you check if crond is running (check output of ps command?

Hello,
May be crond is not running...
- How can i check if crond is running (i have enabled it from system setting->Services) - it's not visible in top command
- If i want to run a script at boot (before softcam stard), where should i put it ? - I want to execute this command rdate -s tick.greyware.com at boot, and every day...

ps : strangely, when i type crontab -e it create a file in : var/spool/cron not in var/spool/cron/crontabs...
Is this normal ?

when i type : "crontab" i get :

root@dm500 ~ # crontab
BusyBox v1.01 (2011.08.18-03:38+0000) multi-call binary

Usage: crontab [-c dir] {file|-}|[-u|-l|-e|-d user]
Edited by fced, 20 June 2012 - 23:35.