Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:57:57 +0000 (UTC) From: Duane Hill <d.hill@yournetplus.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cron job every 5 hours Message-ID: <20070713165535.A43805@duane.dbq.yournetplus.com> In-Reply-To: <000f01c7c56d$da44d640$0200a8c0@satellite> References: <000f01c7c56d$da44d640$0200a8c0@satellite>
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On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 at 12:50 -0400, dmehler26@woh.rr.com confabulated: > Hello, > I want to run an updater script, every 5 hours and x minutes. I thought to > use: > > minute 5 * * * root path/to/scriptname crontab(5): ... Steps are also permitted after an asterisk, so if you want to say ``every two hours'', just use ``*/2''. ... So, my guess would be: minute */5 * * * root path/to/scriptname > but that looks like it only works once a day, i want it to go every 5 hours > not justa at 5 in the monrning. > Thanks. > Dave. ----- _|_ (_| |
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