Sent: Thu 3/04/2008 1:36 PM
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Subject: Downloading scheduling
Hi Glen
Could you please advise me whether there is a way to schedule Alltalk to look for downloads twice a day on the Apple version rather than hourly
Regards Dianne
Tweed Heads
Dear Di,
Ah, I see this Managing the Scheduler section is no longer in the notes!
But essentially, you just want to alter the crontab settings. This is a bit UNIXy and requires some knowledge
In Terminal (Applicationsàtoolsàterminal)
At the prompt type
crontab –e
This evokes the GOOD OLD vi Unix editor.
You will see
15 8,9,11,13,15,17,18 * * mon-sat /Users……
The 8,9,11… etc is the hour at which the service will run. The 15 at the front is the number of minutes past the hour
So to run it say at 15 mins past 10am and 5pm , change the entry to be
15 10,17 * * mon-sat /Users…….
To use the editor, use the arrow keys to move the hours section. Use the X key to remove letters on the line, use I to go to insert mode to add more.
After making your changes press
<ESCAPE><COLON>
Should put your cursor at the bottom of the screen.
Then type
wq
(stands for write, quit)
The crontab should then be updated. If you make a mistake, the crontab will complain bitterly and tell you to get it right!