How to crontab

[ZodiacUHD]

Hello guys, i really looked the whole forum and google, maybe i'm just too dumb and if that's the case, i apologize.

I wanted to add crontabs, specifically as shown in this guide: https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/how-to-nextcloud-10-w-apache-php-and-mariadb.46111/

Let's take the first crontab as an example:

Code:

crontab -u www -e

I then proceed to simply paste this

Code:

*/15 * * * * /usr/local/bin/php -f /usr/local/www/apache24/data/nextcloud/cron.php

press ENTER and

Code:

 :wq 

I and up having this at the bottom of the shell

Code:

 
/tmp/crontab.pUQhT9b25O: 0 lines, 0 characters.								 
crontab: no changes made to crontab

Am i missing something?

 

[joeschmuck]

Are you in the jail when you did this or outside the jail? You need to be in the jail. Also, are you root? That's about all I can add... Good Luck, hope you get it working.

 

[ZodiacUHD]

Are you in the jail when you did this or outside the jail? You need to be in the jail. Also, are you root? That's about all I can add... Good Luck, hope you get it working.

Hey there, i am logged as root inside the jail when i try to add crontabs.

 

[Jailer]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but that looks like vi. IIRC the default editor in FreeBSD is set to vi and when you run crontab you open the default editor. This behavior can be changed to another editor if you choose by changing the environment variable in the jail or you can learn vi commands and finish the edit.

 

[joeschmuck]

I personally like "ee" for my editor.

 

[Jailer]

I personally like "ee" for my editor.

Same here. No need for the power and complexity of vi for simple file edits.

I better put the flame suit on as I'm sure the vi advocates will be along shortly.

"How dare you dis the vi?!!!"

 

[anodos]

Same here. No need for the power and complexity of vi for simple file edits.

I better put the flame suit on as I'm sure the vi advocates will be along shortly.

"How dare you dis the vi?!!!"

Hell yeah! vi is simple and intuitive. All these other crap text editors cause me to have random "ZZ" and other characters in them. So annoying...

of course, this could just be my pre-election buzz kicking in and distorting my judgment.

 

[ZodiacUHD]

Thank you very much, i ended up changing my editor to nano with

Code:

setenv VISUAL /usr/local/bin/nano

Thanks again to everyone :)

 

[danb35]

Uh oh, that's going to bring out the torches and pitchforks! (I use nano too--I don't need my text editor to be a full-fledged operating system).

 

[anodos]

Uh oh, that's going to bring out the torches and pitchforks! (I use nano too--I don't need my text editor to be a full-fledged operating system).

Pfft. Noob.

 

[Stux]

Or capable of running a weak AI