On Tue, 22 Aug 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> does the following crontab entry
> 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/run.hourly
> read
> run at 1 am everyday and month run-parts ?
No, it says run every minute.
>
> The problem is I thought crontab entries were of the format
>
> Minute Hour DayOfMonth Month DayOfWeek Command
> eg 0 1 * * * root run-parts /etc/run.hourly
Yes, that's right.
> But in run.hourly command there is an extra *, is this an error?
Sorry, I don't have one, so I can't verify that. Can you send a line of
yours?
> If I change the command to
>
> /30 1 * * * root run-parts /etc/run.hourly
>
> Then this command will every half hour right ?
No, that will run at 1:00am and 1:30am. You want
/30 * * * * root run-parts /etc/run.hourly
or
00,30 * * * * root run-parts /etc/run.hourly
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