On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 16:23:55 +0100, Gilles Mocellin wrote: > Le dimanche 23 janvier, Camaleón écrivit : > >> On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 00:14:01 -0500, Kejia柯嘉 wrote: >> >> > On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 12:11 AM, Kejia柯嘉 wrote: >> >> Hi people, >> >> >> >> How does the following crontab line run: * 1 * * * * my_command >> >> Every minute of every 1 o'clock? Or only once of every 1 o'clock? >> >> > Sorry, the crontab line is: >> > * 1 * * * my_command >> >> It will run "my_command" (just once) every day at 01:00 am o'clock. > > No, for what you want, you should use : > 0 1 * * * my_command
And you're totally right! *Correction*: an asterisk in the minutes column would make the task to be run once every minute starting from the selected hour (1 am) until the next hour (1:59 am). Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.01.23.16.06...@gmail.com
