On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 02:34:25 -0400, Michael Hrivnak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What does it mean for the minute parameter in a crontab entry to begin with a > "-" ? > > for example, Kcron created this... > > -10 2,14 /path/to/some/script > <I think> I think it means minutes before the hour. 10 2,14 would run at 2:10 (AM) and 2:10 (PM)
-10 2,14 would run at 1:50 (AM) and 1:50 (PM) </I think> > The script in question calls rsync. I've been having a problem recently that > a large number of instances of rsync get started on this client, along with > an equivalent number of instances of rsync and sshd on the server side, > resulting in a DoS. When I run the script on its own though, it runs fine. > > Any clues? It's REAL easy to hose up crontab... * 10 2,14 would run EVERY MINUTE from 10:01 - 10:59 on the 2nd and 14th day of the month. Dump the logs... -- Bob Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] (read/delete weakly...) alt email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (read/delete daily M-F) 704 562-7166 mobile 704 954-3415 office 704-882-6214 home...last resort, please http://www.carolinux.com Bringing Linux to the Carolinas... IRC://freenode/charlug There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
