Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 21:35:41 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Francis Vidal <francis@cody.usls.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: crontab question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980112213514.22079H-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980109113941.459A-100000@cody.usls.edu>
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On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Francis Vidal wrote: > hello everyone! > > just wondering how i can tell crontab to execute something every N hours. > is it this one: > > * */2 * * * root /usr/bin/hello > > or > > * 2,4,6,8,10,12... * * * root /usr/bin/hello Assuming the bottom ones ticks off every other hour, they are equivalent. I suggest the top one to prevent errors. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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