Re: Unix - scheduling

Please don't use 'crontab -e', unless you are saving your crontab files and using some form of version control on them.

'crontabe -e' is inherently dangerous, as it is too easy to remove lines unintentionally, and then they are gone for good.

Jared

On Tuesday 02 July 2002 04:28, Nils Höglund wrote:
> > anyone who has a good example on how to write in the crontab if you want
> > to schedule a job to run every four week. Is it possible to do that in
> > unix cron job schedule.
>
> Yes, it is very possible.
>
> Run 'crontab -e' as apropeate user. Your $EDITOR will open.
> Write as described in crontab(5) manual ('man 5 crontab'):
>
> 0 */4 * * * your_command
>
> This will run your_command every four hours (first field which minutes,
> second field in which hours)
>
> You can also edit the /etc/crontab-file (if avaible on your system.) This
> file has a different syntax (you specify the user who is going to run the
> command too.)

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