create cron in FC5 question

[Tom Poe]

Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote:
> 2007/4/20, Tom Poe <tompoe at fngi.net>:
>> I googled for cron howto, and noticed that the /etc/crontab file is
>> empty.  I want to run an event on a daily basis, and need to know where
>> to add, and how to add an event to run jpodcatcher once a day.  Any help
>> appreciated.
>> Tom
>
> First off, if you want it to run in the system cron, just
> /etc/crontab, on the other hand if you want it as an user cron, just:
> crontab -e
> Anyways, this is an example of a basic job running daily at, for
> instance, 11:00 AM
>
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
> MAILTO=root
> HOME=/
>
> # run-parts
> 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
> 02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
> 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
> 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
> 00 11 * * * root /home/manu/babelserver.sh
>
> got it?
>
> You might want to read the Crontab manual.
>
> Hope this helps
> All the best.
>
> Manuel.
>
Manuel:  Thanks.  Sounds right to me.  Problem is, on my FC5, the 
/etc/crontab file is empty.  There are directories for cron.daily, 
cron.weekly, etc.  When I cd to those directories, there are several 
files, each of which is running a shell script.  So, do I have to create 
a shell script, and copy it to the directory I want, or can I place a 
cron command someplace?
Tom
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