Re: [SLUG] cron / crontab

[Terry Collins <terryc@nospam.woa.com.au>]

Doug Balmer wrote:
> 
> what is the format of the crontab file? i want to put something in there
> but have no idea what the numbers mean.
> 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
> 02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
> 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
> 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly

Generally you don't, you put it in the sub-directories as listed above
depending on when you want it run.

man 5 crontab

minute hour day-of-the-month month day-of-the-week is the format.



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