Sorry to appear dense but I find that man page incomprehensible. Thanks for decyphering it!
Patrick ----- Original Message ----- [snip] > >From `Manual page crontab(5)' line 110: > > Step values can be used in conjunction with ranges. Fol > lowing a range with ``/<number>'' specifies skips of the > number's value through the range. For example, ``0-23/2'' > can be used in the hours field to specify command execu > tion every other hour (the alternative in the V7 standard > is ``0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22''). Steps are also > permitted after an asterisk, so if you want to say ``every > two hours'', just use ``*/2''. > > add to /etc/crontab: > > 1 */6 * * * root /etc/cron.daily/find > > Mirek > >
