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Re: Cron problem
Orfeo Da Via wrote:
[snip]
> $ crontab -l
> # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
> # (/tmp/crontab.1200 installed on Fri Oct 7 18:26:04 2005)
> # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.8 2004/12/21 16:14:41 corinna Exp $)
> * 18 * * * /bin/date >> /usr/tmp/date.out 2>&1
man 5 crontab :
The time and date fields are:
field allowed values
----- --------------
minute 0-59
hour 0-23
day of month 0-31
month 0-12 (or names, see below)
day of week 0-7 (0 or 7 is Sun, or use names)
[snip]
>
> I wait wait wait, but the /usr/tmp directory is always empty ...
Your crontab job will run every minute starting at 18:00.
Keep waiting ;-) read a book... read the manual.
--
R.Berber
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