Does this help? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crontab On 5/15/07, Dazed_75 wrote: > For the noobs like me who were not exactly sure how to use this tidbit, you > can get a better description from "man 5 crontab". For example, you can use > "@yearly" in place of the first 5 fields (0 0 1 1 *) in a crontab entry to > make a more humanly readable entry. > > > On 5/11/07, Shawn Badger wrote: > > > > Here are some useful crontab tricks that I found a while back on the > > web and then someone posted them again. So I though I should pass them > > on to the group. > > > > > > Entry Description > Equivalent To > > @reboot Run once, at startup. None > > @yearly Run once a year 0 0 1 1 * > > @annually (same as @yearly) 0 0 1 1 * > > @monthly Run once a month 0 0 1 * * > > @weekly Run once a week 0 0 * * 0 > > @daily Run once a day 0 0 * * * > > @midnight (same as @daily) 0 0 * * * > > @hourly Run once an hour 0 * * * * > > > > > > I found them again at this site: > > > > http://blog.lxpages.com/2007/05/10/neat-crontab-tricks/ > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > -- > Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter > and those who matter don't mind. - Dr. Seuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss