Re: [hylafax-users] Cron and Crontab

[Laker Netman <laker_netman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi James.

In my crontab file I have the following:
01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily

Under /etc/cron.hourly there is a script titled
"hylafax" that contains:
#!/bin/sh

/usr/sbin/faxcron | mail -s "HylaFAX Usage Report"
faxmaster

exit 0


It produces a daily report. The -s option specifies
the subject line and, technically, is optional. So,
syntactically both the cron entries you referenced are
correct, the first lacking a subject line. They are
just scheduled to execute at different times.
FaxMaster (or "faxmaster", as email addresses are not
case-sensitive) is the recipient, which is the alias
the other gentleman referred too.

As far as the aliasing (actual recipient) take a look
at this:
http://www.hylafax.org/archive/1999-05/msg00148.html

Laker

P.S. You may also want to take a look at the man pages
for "cron" and "mail" for additional help and info.

--- James McCall <jmccall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Excuse me, but wha???
> 
> There are two lines below. In the instructions that
> are in two different
> places we are told to enter these lines in the
> crontab file(wherever that
> document lies). I was asking if one of these was
> incorrect or shouldn't be
> used. My first question was in regards to the
> crontab file itself. Should I
> use one that already exists on the box or create a
> new one with "crontab
> -e". If the latter then where exactly does that file
> go? In my clumsy
> stumbling attempts it appears to go into the /tmp
> directory, but a dir of
> that directory doesn't show it.
> 
> Please excuse the ignorance. This is like learning
> DOS all over again. :)
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony S. Sykes
> [mailto:Tony.Sykes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 11:00 AM
> To: James McCall
> Subject: RE: [hylafax-users] Cron and Crontab
> 
> Only the one with the correct user will receive an
> email. Installation will
> create an alias, whatever the alias was needs to be
> the address you are
> sending too.
> 
> Tony.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hylafax-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:hylafax-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
> Of James McCall
> Sent: 21 September 2005 15:52
> To: hylafax-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [hylafax-users] Cron and Crontab
> 
> 
> Also there seems to be two conflicting commands in
> the setup docs for
> faxcron
> 
> 25 23 * * *	sh /usr/local/sbin/faxcron | mail
> FaxMaster 
> 
> 0  0  * * * /usr/local/sbin/faxcron | mail -s
> "HylaFAX Usage Report"
> faxmaster
> 
> Which one is the correct one to use?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hylafax-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:hylafax-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of James McCall
> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 9:57 AM
> To: hylafax-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [hylafax-users] Cron and Crontab
> 
> Is there an existing crontab file to use or should a
> new one be created for
> the faxqclean and faxcron proceses?
> 
> 
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