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Old 10-16-2007, 08:31 PM   #1
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* 23 * * 3 mysqldump -u root -p > filepath_filename.sql

Hey so that will run every Wednesday, but I want that to run on every Monday,Wednesday, and Friday. How would I do that?
 
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* 23 * * 3 mysqldump -u root -p > filepath_filename.sql

Hey so that will run every Wednesday, but I want that to run on every Monday,Wednesday, and Friday. How would I do that?
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0 23 * * 1,3,5 mysqldump -u root -p > filepath_filename.sql
The 0 in pos 1 because you *don't* want it to run every minute ...


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