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Old 07-19-2010, 02:50 PM   #1
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Question Need to be able to set cron to reboot system every 5 min

I have a friend who needs a script to reboot a system every 5 min... not sure how to set cron to do this every 5 min. Any ideas?
 
Old 07-19-2010, 03:08 PM   #2
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Google is your friend
http://www.foogazi.com/2008/04/01/qu...ery-5-minutes/
Code:
*/5 * * * * /sbin/reboot
I don't see why someone should need this, but whatever...
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