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Authored by: wallyfoo on Aug 22, '01 02:49:21PM
Is that in your user crontab? Or the system crontab, or root, or what? Which of the various cron files are you putting that line into to get it to kick off on startup? I've tried my crontab, root's, and system. What is the path of the cron file that line needs to be put into? I think that's what I'm doing wrong. I can't find the right file to get cron to do its magic on startup. That's what I expect. Or if I've found the correct file, then its proper activation eludes me. I suppose I don't fully understand the launch order for things on MacOS X, or cron for that matter, yet.

Path of appropriate cron file?
Command to get that cron file to become active?

You have no idea how much of a learning experience this has been for me. And by that I mean it's been really trying. : ]

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Authored by: babbage on Aug 22, '01 05:18:15PM
Is that in your user crontab?

I meant what I said: it's in
/etc/crontab

Sorry I don't understand the cron system better such that I could explain how it works... :(

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