Re: cron, crontab, etc.

["Patrick Kirk" <patrick@kirks.net>]

Sorry to appear dense but I find that man page incomprehensible.  Thanks for
decyphering it!

Patrick
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> >From `Manual page crontab(5)' line 110:
>
>        Step  values can be used in conjunction with ranges.  Fol­
>        lowing a range with ``/<number>'' specifies skips  of  the
>        number's value through the range.  For example, ``0-23/2''
>        can be used in the hours field to specify  command  execu­
>        tion  every other hour (the alternative in the V7 standard
>        is ``0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22'').   Steps  are  also
>        permitted after an asterisk, so if you want to say ``every
>        two hours'', just use ``*/2''.
>
> add to /etc/crontab:
>
> 1 */6    * * *   root    /etc/cron.daily/find
>
> Mirek
>
>