No crontab for root.

Dear All,
I am setting my cron to work. I am in the root account/ So first I type as vi crontab -e. Then it ask me type "visual" for normal mode and do that then I type the following as below
1 * * * * root usr/local/testClient/runClient.sh>/usr/local/testClient/cron1.log and press esc type wq. Then I restart the cron service /etc/init.d/crond stop and /etc/init.d/crond start. Lastly when I type crontab -l it tells me no crontab for root. So where did I go wrong any help please ?

 

The correct command is

Code:

crontab -e

, not vi crontab -e

 

Dear Falko,
Ok it is working now. But why is my /usr/local/testClient/cron1.log empty isnt it suppose to log each time the cron run? Thank you.

 

Did you test the command

Code:

usr/local/testClient/runClient.sh>/usr/local/testClient/cron1.log

on the command line?

(Shouldn't it be

Code:

[B][COLOR="Red"]/[/COLOR][/B]usr/local/testClient/runClient.sh>/usr/local/testClient/cron1.log

?)

 

Dear Falko,
Yes I have tried with the slash. What else must I do to make the log file to have values? Thank you.

 

Does the command

Code:

/usr/local/testClient/runClient.sh

work if you run it manually? Does it generate any output?