[Gllug] Advanced versions of cron for scheduling

Richard Jones rich at annexia.org
Sat Jul 16 10:06:18 UTC 2005


On Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 10:29:22AM +0100, James McGuigan wrote:
> # min hour day   month dow user command
>   *   *    */32  *     *   root /usr/local/bin/do-something.pl # bootup

In theory that should run it every 32 days.  In practice I suspect it
won't run it at all, because you've asked it to run on day #32, #64,
... of each month.

Rich.

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