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Cron file help
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 1:18 pm
by BDKR
It's been a while and just a little forgetful.

Anyway, here is what I want.
30 23 * * 1,3,5,6 /run/some/script.
What do you see happening here? I know what I want it to do, but just curious if I'm correct. It should be running the script at 2330 on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday.
Cheers,
BDKR
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 1:32 pm
by protokol
In a *nix console:
# man 5 crontab
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 2:28 pm
by BDKR
Forgot about that one. I did a regular man crontab.
On the other hand, you could've just answered the question as it's obvious from what I wrote that I have an idea.
Thanx
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:29 pm
by protokol
But that would be WAAAAAAAY to easy

Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:01 pm
by timvw
usually my crontab starts like this (saves some time looking it up
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#
# man 5 crontab
#
# * * * * * command to be executed
# - - - - -
# | | | | |
# | | | | +----- day of week (1 - 7) (monday = 1)
# | | | +------- month (1 - 12)
# | | +--------- day of month (1 - 31)
# | +----------- hour (0 - 23)
# +------------- min (0 - 59)
#
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 6:07 pm
by BDKR
timvw wrote:usually my crontab starts like this (saves some time looking it up
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#
# man 5 crontab
#
# * * * * * command to be executed
# - - - - -
# | | | | |
# | | | | +----- day of week (1 - 7) (monday = 1)
# | | | +------- month (1 - 12)
# | | +--------- day of month (1 - 31)
# | +----------- hour (0 - 23)
# +------------- min (0 - 59)
#
What I want to say is "Brilliant!", but it still doesn't account for lists or ranges. That's what my specific question was relating too, eventhough I did a horrible job of getting that across.
But evenstill, it's an awesome idea!
Thanx to both of you.