on Sun, Nov 10, 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> In linux.debian.user, you wrote:
> > 
> > I use crontab -e to edit my personal crontab.  The format that you are 
> > looking for is:
> > 
> > 
> > * * * * * <command> \n
> > 
> > The first star is the minutes:  every 5 minutes would be 0-59/5 or 
> > 0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55

<...>

> I have put this in using crontab -e so that all the info is there when I do
> my next edit:
> 
> #minute (0-59)
> #|    hour (0-23)
> #|    |       day of the month (1-31)
> #|    |       |       month of the year (1-12)
> #|    |       |       |       day of the week (0-6 with 0=Sunday)
> #|    |       |       |       |       commands
> 
> It is at the top and then my cron jobs are lined up under it.

I've long done similarly.  Good practice.

Peace

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