Crontab
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| − | + | edits a user's [[cron]] table -- hence the name -- by running an editor. The actual tables for each user are kept in /etc/cron/tabs but are not meant to be edited directly. | |
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| − | Time values can be set to * (for all) or * divided -- e.g., */5 in the first field means "every five minutes" | + | Time values can be set to * (for all) or * divided -- e.g., */5 in the first field means "every five minutes" |
Revision as of 00:18, 13 January 2005
edits a user's cron table -- hence the name -- by running an editor. The actual tables for each user are kept in /etc/cron/tabs but are not meant to be edited directly.
The tables are in this format:
#min hour dayofmonth monthofyear dayofweek command 0 12 14 2 * fsck -y
Time values can be set to * (for all) or * divided -- e.g., */5 in the first field means "every five minutes"
Common flags
-u username edit username table -e edit table (or create empty one if none exists) -r remove table -l list the current table
