On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 07:59:32 -0600 Russ Kepler disseminated the following: > > Meanwhile, Warren from NZ has found a much easier solution (for me, > > at least) - Kalarm. Kalarm is a nice easy GUI that can be set to run > > the script at any interval I want - say, every 10 minutes - might > > even be useful for other people who want to run things more often > > than the 'hourly' option on cron! > > cron() is a lot more flexible than the example that you were give. The values > > in crontab are: > > minute hour day_of_month month day_of_week command > > So the example you were given was hourly: > > 0 * * * * command > > (meaning 0 minute of every hour, day, etc. If you wanted it every half hour: > > 0,30 * * * * command > > or every 5 minutes: > > 0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * command > > Midnight every day: > > 0 0 * * * command > > or at noon every monday: > > 0 12 * * 0 command > > For a reference try "man 5 crontab".
Thank you sir! Copied and pasted! -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 10:20:19 up 38 days, 10:05, 4 users, load average: 0.30, 0.19, 0.18 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "True communication is possible only between equals, because inferiors are more consistently rewarded for telling their superiors pleasant lies than for telling the truth." -- The SNAFU Principle
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