cron on bsd and how do i use it

[Dark Atheist]

as topic states - i know where it is as i have just found it but unlike linux its not overly clear on how i use it for a per user setting, the crontab in /etc looks to be for root only, but what if i want to use another user to run something? can i or do i place it in that file and just change the name under the who coloum?

 

[X-Istence]

man crontab

crontab -e -u <user> # Works only when root
crontab -e # Works as the user you want to set up a crontab for

Do not edit the crontab files by hand.

 

[Dark Atheist]

i forgot about that -e switch - doh, and also forgot to install the man pages when i installed bsd :s - they are in there now though

 

[Geffy]

the /etc/crontab file is also a nice source for the format of a cronjob. /etc/crontab though is for system scheduling and not user account scheduling