Ubuntu Server 12.04. I use:
sudo crontab -e
* * * * * root /etc/init.d/apache2 restart > /dev/null 2>&1
sudo restart cron
And it doesnt work. How to fix it? So many docs in google,I need one "true way".
I'm assuming that you have exited the cron tab after the 2nd statement.
That third line won't work in crontab. Cron should reload itself.
The issue with your cron tab is that you have it set to run every minute of every hour of every day ect. That what the * means, all options.
View this in coumn format
` m - h dom mon dow command
* * * * * root /etc/init.d/apache2 restart > /dev/null 2>&1
You need
0 1 * * * root /etc/init.d/apache2 restart > /dev/null 2>&1
This is the the 0th minute of the 1st hour, every day.
