Doh sorry thats */5 * * * * "command"
> -----Original Message----- > From: Vince Hoffman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 02 July 2003 12:56 > To: 'Jarrod Hermer'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: 'Elfyn McBratney'; 'Harig, Mark' > Subject: RE: Problems with cron - Almost there > > > I think the format for every 5 minutes is > /5 * * * * touch /tmp/test.file > > read man 5 crontab rathe than just man crontab. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jarrod Hermer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 02 July 2003 12:51 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: 'Elfyn McBratney'; 'Harig, Mark' > > Subject: RE: Problems with cron - Almost there > > > > > > Thanks for the help, that seemed to solve my problem. > > > > Now I seem to be stumped by a simple problem. I have read > all the cron > > and crontab man pages but still cannot seemed to get my job > > to run every > > 5 minuts. The following causes the hello.txt file to be > > generated every > > minute: > > > > * * * * * echo "Hello World" > /home/Jarrod/hello.txt > > > > So I would expect this to be execute every 5 minutes. It > however seems > > to only run at 5 minutes past every hour. > > > > 5 * * * * echo "Hello World" > /home/Jarrod/hello.txt > > > > > > Thanks, > > Jarrod > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Harig, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 12:45 AM > > To: Jarrod Hermer > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Problems with cron > > > > From your cygcheck text, here are some of your mount > > points: > > > > C:\cygwin / user binmode > > C:\cygwin/bin /usr/bin user binmode > > C:\cygwin/lib /usr/lib user binmode > > > > These likely need to be 'system' mount points instead of > > 'user' mount points. This situation probably came about > > if you selected setup.exe's "Install For" option "Just Me" > > instead of "All Users". Please run the attached updated > > cron_diagnose.sh script to see if it helps with your > > problem. > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
