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Author: Lynn David Newton
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Subject: crontab question
>> If I have a 6 in the hour field of a crontab
>> entry, does that mean the job will run only at 6am
>> or will it run at 4pm too (16:00)?
>>
>> I'm thinking 6am only. Do I understand this correctly?


Kevin> if you put just a 6 in the hour field, then it
Kevin> will only run at 6am. If you want it to run at
Kevin> more than that hour, then you would do
Kevin> something like:

Kevin> * 6,14 * * * command <--- runs at 6am and 2pm

I believe as shown, this would every single minute from
6:00 to 6:59, and 14:00 to 14:49. If that's not the
intent, then substitute a 0 (or some other integer
representing minutes after the hour) for the first
asterisk.

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Lynn David Newton
Phoenix, AZ