Re: crontab

[Brian May <bam@debian.org>]

>>>>> "Bernd" == Bernd Überbacher <bernd@mynet.at> writes:

    Bernd> hi again what do i have to write into /etc/crontab that
    Bernd> cron will cp a file every 5 mins??

    Bernd> i have

    Bernd> 5 * * * * root cp ...

    Bernd> but this copies just every hour.

From

man 5 crontab

on slink

I suspect the following should work (not tested)

*/5 * * * * root cp ...

or 

0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * root cp ...

-- 
Brian May <bam@debian.org>