RE: Howto add a crontab job ?
> on Sun, Nov 10, 2002, ajlewis2@intac.com (ajlewis2@intac.com) wrote:
> > In linux.debian.user, you wrote:
> > >
> > > I use crontab -e to edit my personal crontab. The format
> that you
> > > are
> > > looking for is:
> > >
> > >
> > > * * * * * <command> \n
> > >
> > > The first star is the minutes: every 5 minutes would be 0-59/5 or
> > > 0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55
>
> <...>
>
> > I have put this in using crontab -e so that all the info is
> there when
> > I do my next edit:
> >
> > #minute (0-59)
> > #| hour (0-23)
> > #| | day of the month (1-31)
> > #| | | month of the year (1-12)
> > #| | | | day of the week (0-6 with 0=Sunday)
> > #| | | | | commands
> >
> > It is at the top and then my cron jobs are lined up under it.
>
> I've long done similarly. Good practice.
>
Isn't there a 'user' option before the 'command' ?
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