> * Alf Werder ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031204 11:16]: >> On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 19:17, Michael Martinell wrote: >> > I am definitely doing something wrong here. I want to schedule a >> job >> > to run once at 12:00noon. I set it up in cron. It waits until >> > 12:00noon, runs, and then runs every minute after. > >> > * 12 * * * /usr/sbin/parselog >> >> Try '0 12 * * * /usr/bin/parselog'. >> >> According to crontab(5) an asterix means 'first-last'. Your line is >> interpreted as '0-59' 12 * * * /usr/bin/parselog', which indeed >> means to >> start the command every minute in the time from 12pm to 1am. > > You mean 12:00 - 12:59, which is until 1pm. > > good times, > Vineet > -- > http://www.doorstop.net/ > -- > "If you can put it on a T-shirt, it's speech... To enjoin the T-shirts > as a > circumvention device is ludicrous." --Robin Gross, EFF staff attorney >
I messed up all sorts of way in that email. I am going to shoot myself now, thank you. Bojan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]