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ghurty 03-07-2011 12:49 PM
Have cron job start running at the half hour?
 
I know how to set a cron job to run every five minutes starting at the beginning of the hour:
*/7 19-23 * * * /path/to/job.sh

But how would I do it starting at the half hour?

Thanks

szboardstretcher 03-07-2011 12:54 PM
Could you explain this a bit more? Do you mean, you want to run a command every 5 minutes... starting at 7:30?

ghurty 03-07-2011 12:55 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by szboardstretcher (Post 4281777)
Could you explain this a bit more? Do you mean, you want to run a command every 5 minutes... starting at 7:30?
Yes, exactly.

Thanks

szboardstretcher 03-07-2011 12:57 PM
interesting.

well,.. I guess this would work.

Code:
30,35,40,45,50,55 19 * * * /path/to/script.sh
*/5 20-23 * * * /path/to/script.sh
Starts 7:30, 7:35 etc.. to 8:00 then every 5 from there on the next line.


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