On 30 May 2003 at 12:58, Jon Haugsand wrote:
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'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
thanks! we can also do it with at command
But can't we do it via crontab?
On 30 May 2003 at 7:40, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
May I suggest an alternative to crontab for this purpose?
1. Use the 'at' command to launch a script that launches itself 20 days
later. Last line of script: at +
Hi,
Am Freitag 30 Mai 2003 09:50 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
In /etc/crontab, how can I specify a program to run at every 20 days
of interval.
I think anacron can do what you want, according to the man page it can run
programs every n days. I haven't used it, so I can't give more details, but
thanks! anacron is nice option but I didn't understand the option delay from man
page.
Options for anacron:
period delay job-identifier command
What does this delay mean and with what reference does it delays?
nabin
On 30 May 2003 at 14:30, Stephan Matthiesen wrote:
Hi,
Am Freitag
Hi all,
In /etc/crontab, how can I specify a program to run at every 20 days
of interval.
With Regards
Nabin Limbu
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
In /etc/crontab, how can I specify a program to run at every 20 days
of interval.
With Regards
Nabin Limbu
'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?
Regards,
The variable for month is 1 to 32. How will the second execution occur after 20 days
in such case?
Nabin limbu
On 30 May 2003 at 16:59, Edward Dekkers wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
In /etc/crontab, how can I specify a program to run at every 20 days
of interval.
* [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?
May I suggest an alternative to crontab for this purpose?
1. Use the 'at' command to launch a script that launches itself 20 days
later. Last line of script: at + 20 days name_of_script
2. Use a date time stamp for a file to execute a set of commands and
adjust the date time stamp for the
