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Date:      Thu, 03 Feb 2000 18:35:03 -0500
From:      "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@ds.net>
To:        courtney@whtz.com
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CRON
Message-ID:  <389A10A7.B4B54D62@ds.net>
References:  <8525687A.007ED34F.00@mail.whtz.com>

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courtney@whtz.com wrote:
> 
> OK- as requested, here is a copy of my /etc/crontab file
> 
> #minute   hour mday month     wday who   command
> #
> */5     *       *       *       *       root  /usr/libexec/atrun
> #

<snip>

> 
> #THIS IS THE CRON JOB IN QUESTION
> *    0-23 *    *    *    root /usr/local/bin/scr
> 

<snip>


> I would like to run that job every 10 minutes 24 hours a day...is that
> possible as well??
> 

Sure is - make an entry just like the atrun entry.  You'll end up with
something like this:
*/10	*	*	*	*	root	/usr/local/bin/scr


I'm pretty sure that will get you up and running.  
Don't forget to restart cron when you're done.


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