On 14 Nov 2002, Shyamal Prasad wrote:
> Rob> This *might* also work:
>
> Rob> */5 * * * * <command>
>
> The /n syntax does work with the default cron installed on Debian 3.0
> (Vixie cron is what I think it is called). It is documented in
> crontab(5).
Odd, works just fine here on over 20 machines. Are you using the package
"cron" or something else?
In fact, the /n syntax is documented to WORK with the default cron
Steps are also
permitted after an asterisk, so if you want to say ``every
two hours'', just use ``*/2''.
Mike
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