[NTLUG:Discuss] Simple: cron (file) format to schedule a task to run at any time.

[Jay Urish]

At 07:39 PM 5/25/00 , you wrote:
>actually in your example,

hheheh thanks for the correction! I probably shouldn't have even sent that 
email..
I think I will print this out and stab in into my binder. :)



>1 would be the minutes past the hour
>2 would be the hour
>3 would be day of the month
>4 would be month of the year
>5 would be the day of the week
>
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>On Thu, 25 May 2000, Jay Urish wrote:
>
> > At 05:55 PM 5/25/00 , you wrote:
> > >Hi all,
> > >I'd like to know the format for the crontab file to schedule a task to 
> run at
> > >any interval of time or days.
> > >
> > >I'm familiar with the one comes with SCO UNIX but I'm not sure about LINUX
> > >(RH6.0)?
> >
> > Here is roots crontab on my box..
> >
> > #Run the logwatcher everyday at 22:00
> > 0 22 * * *              /usr/sbin/logwatch
> > 0 12 * * 1-5    /root/backup.daily #This is the daily backup
> > 0 12 * * 6              /root/backup.full #this is the full backup
> >
> >
> > 1 2 3 4 5
> >
> > 1. is something
> > 2. is the hour
> > 3. is the minuet
> > 4. is something
> > 5 is the day where 1=monday 2=tuesday etc..
> >
> > Jay Urish
> > Network Engineer - Dallas Wide Area Networking L.L.C
> > www.dalwan.net
> >
> >
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Jay Urish
Network Engineer - Dallas Wide Area Networking L.L.C
www.dalwan.net