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From: roth2@hulaw1.harvard.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Crontab Help needed!!
Message-ID: <1991Mar21.191050.345@hulaw1.harvard.edu>
Date: 22 Mar 91 00:10:50 GMT
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I'm trying to execute a unix utility that i've placed in the folder

, but I can't get it to work from the crontab file I'mv tried, among other
formatts =, the foloowing:


57 * * * * root /tony/unix/bin/out 
35 * * * *  tony csh /tony/unix/bin/out 
39 * * * *  root csh /usr/lib/out   (having put a copy there)
40 * * * *  root /bin/csh /usr/lib/out 

yet non of these work!

I'd appreciate any help anyone can offer.

Thanks's all in advance!

Please send return mail to :

tony%cyrano@merk.com
tony/unix/bin called out and it works fine frm a terminal window