Cron

By Will Bontrager
2004-01-09

The Hypothetical Situations Schedules

For each of the three hypothetical situations, the complete schedule (with an example sixth field) would be:

1.
59 23 31 12 * /usr/bin/perl /www/cgi-bin/script.cgi

2.
20 2 * * 2 /usr/bin/perl /www/cgi-bin/script.cgi

3a.
*/15 9-21 * * * /usr/bin/perl /www/cgi-bin/script.cgi

3b.
*/30 0-8,22-23 * * * /usr/bin/perl /www/cgi-bin/script.cgi

Tutorial Pages:
» Cron
» The Cron Table
» The Five Schedule Time Fields
» Hypothetical Situations
» The Hypothetical Situations Schedules
» The Sixth Field, The Command
» On-line Documentation for cron and crontab
» A Practice Script
» Conclusion

Copyright 2004 Bontrager Connection, LLC

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