Setting up CRONTAB for eggdrop bots. 
  by Tim Brittain (tim@dreamnet-comm.com)


A reminder before you start:  UNIX based systems are CASE SENSATIVE.

1. The first thing you need to do is edit you 'botchk' file in your
   eggdrop directory.  

1a. The 'botdir' is where your bot is.  If you don't know your path, you
    can type 'pwd' and it will tell you exactly where you are in the
    shell.  (eg: /usr/home/tim/eggdrop)

1b. The 'botscript' is the name of your config file.

1c. The 'botname' is the primary nickname in your config file.

1d. In eggdrop1.1 bots, there is a 'userfile'.  Set this to the userfile
    that you set in your config file.

1e. Below all those settings is the script that checks to see if your 
    bot is running or not.  In eggdrop1.0 you must change the last line
    of the 'botchk' file from './$botscript' to './eggdrop $botscript'.
    In eggdrop1.1 bots, there are 3 './$botscript' in the 'botchk' file
    change those to './eggdrop $botscript

1f. Up near the top of the 'botchk' file, you'll see:
        0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * *   /home/mydir/botchk 
    Edit the '/home/mydir/botchk' to the path of your 'botchk' file.
    For example I would put this: /usr/home/tim/eggdrop/botchk
    Now, copy the line from the 0 til the end:
       0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * *   /usr/home/tim/eggdrop/botchk
    It is the same as the 'botdir' except with the '/botchk' at the end.

1g. Save and exit your botchk file.


2. Setting up your crontab file.

2a. Type in: 'crontab -e' to edit your crontab.

2b. Hit 'i' for insert mode.

2c. Paste the line you copied from section 1f.

2d. Hit 'CTRL+C' to cancel the insert mode.

2e. Type ':wq' to save and exit.

You have now installed crontab, and your bot will always be running.
If you want to delete your crontab, just type 'crontab -r' or 
'crontab -d' depending on the version of crontab that is installed
on that specific UNIX system.

Enjoy!