Hi list I have a quick question about crontab. When I add a job into cron by using crontab -e. for instance "5 * * * * echo "hello" >> /var/log/test" . it doesn't work every 5 min. what should I do. I'm waiting for your helps Cheers Enis BÜYÜKGÜNER IT Chief Bant Boru San.Tic. A.S. Tel: 90-216-311 20 50 / 311 20 61 Fax: 90-216-311 83 86 enis mailto:enis@bantboru.com @bantboru.com http://www.bantboru.com/ www.bantboru.com
On Thursday 01 April 2004 13.55, Enis Büyükgüner wrote:
Hi list
I have a quick question about crontab. When I add a job into cron by using crontab -e. for instance "5 * * * * echo "hello" >> /var/log/test" . it doesn't work every 5 min. what should I do. I'm waiting for your helps
5 * * * * means "every time the big hand is at 5". For "every five minutes, do */5 * * * *
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