Re: crontab

[Nathan E Norman <finn@midco.net>]

On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, T.V.Gnanasekaran wrote:

 : how do i run a program every 10 minutes?
 : -gnana

Use cron.  RTFM `man crontab' to get the details.

Since most people hate being told to RTFM (why?), here's the easy way
out:

  # edit a "here" document and make it the crontab
  # probably wise to replace "command" with a real command
  biff@chaos:~ $ cat <<EOF | crontab -
  > */10 *  * * * command
  > EOF
  # list the crontab
  biff@chaos:~ $ crontab -l
  */10 *  * * * command

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