[WBEL-users] Using cron for auto tasks

[William Hooper]

Sharon Kimble said:
> There are some things that I want to run automatically, like my email
> program starting at least an hour before I get up and then downloading
> my email ready for me. So I have made the following cron file which is
> in /etc/cron.daily

I think you are misunderstanding how to use /etc/cron.daily.  You don't
want to put a cron configuration script in that directory.  That is where
you want to put script to run.  Take a look at the existing files for an
example.

Are you using fetchmail to get your mail?

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William Hooper