Re: cron on 10.5.2 server

In article <jollyroger-89048A.10053124042008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 Jolly Roger <jollyroger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> > I agree, but it won't work.  It turns out these consultants are 
> > specialists in OS X.  I think I know more about the underlying Unix 
> > system than they do and it should be clear from my posts that I don't 
> > know as much as I should!
> 
> If the consultants are specialists in Mac OS X, and they can't fix what 
> they've broken, and you know more than them, why are you hiring them?!

This is Unix problem.  I know more than they do about Unix, not about OS 
X.  I got into OS X because it reminded me of NEXTSTEP, which I had used 
before.  However, I have never tried to become an expert in it.  In 
fact, I am probably only aware of 25% of what it can do.  We needed OS X 
specialists to help us move to a 100% Apple network over the next few 
years.  I don't have the knowledge to do that and it may not be 
completed before I leave.

> The problem is if cron is screwed up, other things may be screwed up as 
> well. Personally, I wonder if your install did not complete correctly. 
> The only good way to solve that problem is to re-install the operating 
> system.

I hate to do that but you are probably correct.  So far we have only 
found the one problem, but there could be more.  Actually, cron works 
fine.  It is crontab -e that is acting up, and I guess that means it is 
vim that is acting up.

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