Newbie CRON question

[dyrplq]

Hi there. I'm using ozTivo image v3 and am trying to setup my first CRON job but can't get past the start line! I telnet to my Tivo and type crontab -e but all I get is 'command not found'.

Do I need to be in a specific directory?

Cheers, Phil

[zollymonsta]

Telnet into your TiVo
cd /hack/etc/

cp crontab crontab.bak (make a backup of your original file.. just in case ;) )

joe crontab
This will open your crontab file in the joe editor.

Make sure you leave a blank line at the end of the file otherwise it won't work
once you save it.

Make your changes, then Ctrl-H and Ctrl-S to save.

I don't think you need to reboot your tivo after updating your crontab file, but do it just in case.

Hope this is some help.

[dyrplq]

Brilliant! Set a CRON and got my Tivo to reboot. Thank you very much for the help.

Cheers, Phil