[Mapserver-users] problem with crontab to delete old map images

[Lowell Filak]

It should use local.
Your minute entry doesn't need to be 00 simply 0 although I'm not sure
that 00 should break anything.
Be sure to check /var/log/cron to see if the entry was run by cron.
HTH
Lowell

The following message was sent by "fx gamoy" <fx.gamoy at mapxplore.com> on
Mon, 18 Aug 2003 21:08:28 +0100.

> hello
> i have added a daily job with crontab -e 
> 00 20 * * * find /web/mapimage -name "*.png" -exec rm -f  {} \;
> but nothing occur at 20:00.
> 
> i use a debian woody package and cron seem to be well started
> 
> which time cron use? universal? (date -u) or local (date)?
> thanks for any suggestion
> fx
> 
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