Andreas wrote: > On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 08:02:55PM -0600, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: >> How do I get crontab to run a process every 5 minutes? >> Currently, it is setup as: >> 5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * >> >> Surely, there is a more elegant approach? > sure > > */12 * * * * > or > 0-59/12 * * * * > > should do it. That would make it run 5 times per hour, not every five minutes. Adam