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Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 21:35:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Francis Vidal <francis@cody.usls.edu>
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Subject: Re: crontab question
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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