On 30 May 2003 at 12:58, Jon Haugsand wrote:
> > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > >> 'man 5 crontab' says you can do intervals with */X where X is the number > >> of intervals. > >> > >> So I would assume > >> > >> * * */20 * * > >> > >> Would work? Or not? > > The variable for month is 1 to 32. How will the second execution occur after 20 > > days > > in such case? > > What should happen is that if you install such an entry into the > crontab table today, first execution will be in 20 days, next in 40 > days, next in 60 days, and so on. > > But perhaps I misunderstood? > > Try it out. Start with minutes just to see: > > */3 * * * * date >>/tmp/date.out > > > -- > Jon Haugsand, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.norges-bank.no This would of course run in 3 -3 minutes cause we can have 3/3, 6/3, 9/3 ..... so on upto 60/3 Nabin Limbu -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
