Crontab settings are necessary for fine calculation and other related task scheduling.

To make Koha cronjobs functional, follow the steps,

Open a terminal and try the commands,

localhost:~# su

localhost:~# cd /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs

localhost:~# crontab -u root crontab.example

localhost:~# crontab -u username crontab.example

Above mentioned steps should be try after the Koha installation.

localhost:~# crontab -e

change the following values there,

# ENVIRONMENT:

PERL5LIB=/usr/share/koha/lib

KOHA_CONF=/etc/koha/koha-conf.xml

# Some additional variables to save you typing

KOHA_CRON_PATH = /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs

Remember to save the file.

Notes:

Enable the Finemode to Production. Goto System Preferences>Circulation>Production

Set the time of fine calculation in cron jobs.

Default time setting in crontab is for 24 hr live servers. If your Koha server work only day time, set the day time for fine calculation.

For example, if your library close at 5 pm evening, you can set the fine calculation time 16.45 pm.

Format of the entry is "m h  dom mon dow   command"