Re: crontab

[Dave Sherohman <esper@usinternet.com>]

[Bernd _berbacher] said:
> what do i have to write into /etc/crontab that cron will cp a
> file every 5 mins??
> 
> i have
> 
> 5 * * * * root  cp ...
> 
> but this copies just every hour.

crontab entries define patterns that the time has to match for it to execute,
not intervals.  So you need to use

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

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