From: Drew_Rohde@kcmo.org Message-ID: <862568C8.00553639.00@is-nmailgw.kc.lan> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 10:35:47 -0500 Subject: Re: kclug - CRONTAB question
You are not imagining things.
The * in the leftmost position tells it to run once EVERY minute of the
satifying hours.
If you only want it to run on the hour, change the first * to a 0.
Drew
Bradley Miller <bradmiller@dslonramp.com>@illiana.net on 04/21/2000
08:20:37 AM
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Subject: Re: kclug - CRONTAB question
At 01:07 AM 4/21/00 -0500, you wrote:
>You don't need to have 8-17 in there 5 times. The following is correct:
>
>* 8-17 * * 1-5 /usr/local/batch/uploadpic.sh
>
> ^-- Monday through Friday
>
> ^- every month of the year
>
> ^ - every day of the month
>
> ^- 8am - 5pm on those days that fit between Monday
> and Friday inclusive
>
>^ - every minute of each of those hours that fit between
> 8am and 5pm inclusive that also fit between
> Monday and Friday inclusive
Ok -- but does it shut off right at 17 hours, or 17:59 hours? I was
experimenting and I *think* it was still doing it at 17:59. Am I just
imagining things?
-- Bradley Miller
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