Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2001 23:56:08 -0500 From: Simon Morton <simon.morton@verizon.net> To: jacks@sage-american.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cron Schedule Syntax Message-ID: <3C12EEE8.1050307@verizon.net> References: <3.0.5.32.20011208224455.0101cb38@mail.sage-american.com>
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jacks@sage-american.com wrote: > If I want a cron event to run every 8 hours... Wouldn't the following do it > in the per hour schedule? > */8 # equals every point within the 24-hours divisable by 8..? > #..or 0800, 1600 & 2400 According to "man 5 crontab", that will do it. So will 0,8,16. Simon -- http://www.SimonMorton.com smorton at acm dot org \rm -rf /bin/laden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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