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From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>
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--On Friday, August 05, 2005 14:36:41 -0500 Paul Schmehl 
<pauls@utdallas.edu> wrote:
>>
> 0         5        *        *        0,3 is about as close as you can come
> Or
> 0         5     1,4,7,10,13,16,19,22,25,28    *    *
>
> See man (5) crontab
>
Should have read man (5) crontab better myself.

1-31/3 should work fine, as would */3.  The problem is probably in the 
commands you're trying to run.

Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
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