Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 10:22:35 +0300 From: "Eugene M. Minkovskii" <emin@mccme.ru> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: crontab synatx Message-ID: <20050301072235.GA24150@mccme.ru>
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Hello. I put in my crontab following string: # min hour mday month wday command 0 7 */3 * * echo "Hello world" So, I hope, this command will be workind every third day: 3,6,9,12 etc, because at man crontab we read: <man 5 crontab> For example, ``0-23/2'' can be used in the hours field to specify command execution every other hour (the alternative in the V7 standard is ``0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22''). </man 5 crontab> But, my command worked at 28 feb, and 1 march. Other case I type # min hour mday month wday command 0 7 */14 * * echo "Hello world" And this is work at 15 febr. Is it bug or feature? Perhaps crontab count day of month from zero? If so, when should work command if I type directly number of day: # min hour mday month wday command 0 7 14 * * echo "Hello world" And how will be counted months? -- Sensory yours, Eugene Minkovskii Сенсорно ваш, Евгений Миньковский
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