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Subject: Re: HELP PLEASE
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> Hi
>=20
> Your Crontab line should read:
>=20
> */5 * * * *  path/to/whatever
>=20
> Gordon
>=20

The above crontab from Gordon is correct: here is the reason why, your =
original crontab was set to run every hour the minute hits 05.
ie. 10:05, 11:05, 12:05.

you could also do something like 05,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55,00 * * =
* * path/to/whatever, but as you see */5 is better :)

Regards,
Kenneth Sundby


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