You could also change it to something like this:
0 8/16 * * * /sbin/ifup ppp0 # Checks the mail between the hours of
8AM and 4PM
5 8/16 * * * /sbin/ifdown ppp0 # Shuts down connection between the hours
of 8AM and 4PM
>>># Every hour checking the mail
>>>0 * * * * /sbin/ifup ppp0
>>>
On Wed, 20 May 1998, Paul Fontenot wrote:
># Every hour checking the mail
>0 * * * * /sbin/ifup ppp0
>5 * * * * /sbin/ifdown ppp0
And what, if any, ramifications are there if you happen to be _already_
connected via ppp and these processes run? Do you get kicked off every
hour and five minutes p
# This is the format for this file ...
#
# * * * * *
# | | | | |_ Day of week (0 - 6, 0 = Sunday)
# | | | |___ Months (1 - 12)
# | | |_ Days (1 - 31)
# | |___ Hours (0 - 23)
# |_ Minutes (0 - 59)
#
# Any field with an * in it means ALL possible
# values are assumed
#
# And here is
