On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:53:22 -0700
Garrett Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Shell scripts with sleep won't give you exactly the 5 hours you
desire, but should come close (within 1-5 seconds of actual time
depending on your host PC's precision, and whether or not your RTC
battery is dead
Something like:
minute */5 * * * root path/to/scriptname
will do the trick.
Substitute the * in */5 for your desired start time (* being 0).
-Garrett
PS crond won't do 5 hours and every x number of minutes per job (5 hours
+ x mins from end to start), just a flat
Olivier Nicole [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Something like:
minute */5 * * * root path/to/scriptname
will do the trick.
Substitute the * in */5 for your desired start time (* being 0).
-Garrett
PS crond won't do 5 hours and every x number of minutes per job (5 hours
Fredrik Tolf wrote:
Olivier Nicole [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Something like:
minute */5 * * * root path/to/scriptname
will do the trick.
Substitute the * in */5 for your desired start time (* being 0).
-Garrett
PS crond won't do 5 hours and every x number of minutes per
Garrett Cooper wrote:
Fredrik Tolf wrote:
Olivier Nicole [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Something like:
minute */5 * * * root path/to/scriptname
will do the trick.
Substitute the * in */5 for your desired start time (* being 0).
-Garrett
PS crond won't do 5 hours and every x
I want to run an updater script, every 5 hours and x minutes. I thought
to use:
minute 5 * * * root path/to/scriptname
but that looks like it only works once a day, i want it to go every 5 hours
not justa at 5 in the monrning.
You could sechedule you jor at 5, 10, 15 and 20 on
Olivier Nicole wrote:
I want to run an updater script, every 5 hours and x minutes. I thought
to use:
minute 5 * * * root path/to/scriptname
but that looks like it only works once a day, i want it to go every 5 hours
not justa at 5 in the monrning.
You could sechedule you jor at
Hello,
I want to run an updater script, every 5 hours and x minutes. I thought
to use:
minute 5 * * * root path/to/scriptname
but that looks like it only works once a day, i want it to go every 5 hours
not justa at 5 in the monrning.
Thanks.
Dave.
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 at 12:50 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] confabulated:
Hello,
I want to run an updater script, every 5 hours and x minutes. I thought to
use:
minute 5 * * * root path/to/scriptname
crontab(5):
...
Steps are also permitted after an asterisk, so if you want to say
On Friday 13 July 2007, Duane Hill wrote:
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 at 12:50 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
confabulated:
Hello,
I want to run an updater script, every 5 hours and x minutes. I
thought to use:
minute 5 * * * root path/to/scriptname
crontab(5):
...
Steps are also
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