No way to make a specific cronjob work

Question

I installed nginxcp on my server and they recommend to add the following cron:

0 */1 * * * /usr/sbin/tmpwatch -am 1 /tmp/nginx_client

I already added it to var/spool/cron and restarted crond service, but it just doesnt work.

From time to time, I need to run the command /usr/sbin/tmpwatch -am 1 /tmp/nginx_client on ssh to clear the tmp.

Any idea, why the command is not running from the crontab?

What do you mean by "added it to `/var/spool...`? `crontab -e` handles this for you, don't do it manually. — Sven, Apr 26 '13 at 12:54
Just to be clear, that cron will run every 1 hour at 00 minutes on the hour. So make sure you're waiting until at least then to verify whether it's working or not. Secondly, you can probably change it `0 * * * *` as well. — Sajan Parikh, Apr 27 '13 at 21:44

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 27 '13 at 18:17

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Crontab is the program used to install, deinstall or list the tables used to drive the cron daemon in Cron. Edit the crontab file to be use as below:

#crontab -e

and then insert above rule that will run after every one hour. then restart crond.

answered Apr 27 '13 at 18:17

Bobbin Zachariah

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