Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 14:40:39 +0100 (CET) From: "Frank Mueller" <Franky-Mueller@web.de> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Cron job questions Message-ID: <49202.192.168.9.1.1079098839.squirrel@Matrix.Iceman> In-Reply-To: <20040312132816.X34629@mirrorball.theloosingend.net> References: <49303.141.67.67.161.1079082429.squirrel@Matrix.Iceman> <49452.141.67.67.161.1079086468.squirrel@Matrix.Iceman> <20040312132816.X34629@mirrorball.theloosingend.net>
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Oops, of course you're right! Should have given it a closer look, I guess. Sorry for that! Frank > > [Dave Carrera] >> So if I >> >> #ee /etc/crontab (I prefer ee to vi ) >> >> Add this >> >> * 2 * * * root /bin/csh /root/script.csh >> >> Save exit >> >> That should run my script at 2am every morning yes ? > > > [Frank Mueller] >> >> Yes, correct. > > > I thought that putting an * in your crontab meant that your cronjob would > run for every possible value of that field, ie. that script.csh would run > every day at 2.00am, 2.01am, 2.02am, ..., 2.59am > > The line should read: > > 0 2 * * * root /bin/csh /root/script.csh > > if you want your script run every day at 2.00 am. > > > > > sve > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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