On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Dave Sherohman wrote: > > what do i have to write into /etc/crontab that cron will cp a > > file every 5 mins??
> > i have > > 5 * * * * root cp ... > > but this copies just every hour. > crontab entries define patterns that the time has to match for it to execute, > not intervals. So you need to use > 0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * root cp ... or the shorter: */5 * * * * root cp ... ------------------------------------------------------ hypnos <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
