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Re: cron every 5 minutes



Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:

Isn't the syntax to have cron run every five and not send email to anyone

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5 * * * * <run program>

That will run it at five minutes past the hour. What you really want is something like:

5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * <program>

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