Thanks a lot for clearing that up. The man pages were not very clear.
Monty
On Fri, Apr 07, 2000 at 12:20:48AM -0400, Bob Chin wrote:
> Monty Malik wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I just have a quick question about crontab. How do I get a program to
> > run every 10 minutes. I know that for something to run every hour the
> > format would be:
> >
> > 1 * * * * /usr/bin/...
> >
> > would I use decimals or fractions to represent 10 minutes? For example:
> >
> > 0.17 * * * * /usr/bin/...
> >
> > or
> >
> > 1/6 * * * * /usr/bin/...
> >
> > Are any of the above lines right or is there a proper way to represent 10
> > minutes?
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks a bunch
> >
> > Monty
>
> oops, make that 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /usr/bin/... to run every ten
> minutes. 12:00, 12:10, 12:20, 12:30, 12:40, 12:50, 13:00...
>
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