Cron

Vort3x · 10-09-2007, 01:57 PM

I'm not great with cron, I'm trying to add the following to my crontab but when saving it keeps saying invalid minute:

0,15,30,45 * * * * /usr/local/bin/indexer --config /usr/local/etc/sphinx_ipb.conf ipb_search_posts_delta ipb_search_topics --rotate >/dev/null 2>&1

0 4 * * * /usr/local/bin/indexer --config /usr/local/etc/sphinx_ipb.conf --all --rotate >/dev/null 2>&1

I'm trying to get the first one to run every 15 minutes, and the second every morning at 4AM ... know what's wrong with it?

xnomad · 10-09-2007, 08:23 PM

To run every 15 minutes try the following:

*/15 * * * * /usr/local/bin/indexer --config /usr/local/etc/sphinx_ipb.conf ipb_search_posts_delta ipb_search_topics --rotate >/dev/null 2>&1

Cheers,

Vort3x · 10-09-2007, 08:33 PM

Nope, still getting invalid minute.

digitalboy74 · 10-09-2007, 09:25 PM

can you describe how you are editing the crontab and where you are seeing "invalid minute"?

Vort3x · 10-10-2007, 04:55 AM

I login via shell, and enter "crontab -e" this brings up the nano editor for the cron file, I have the following contents:

Quote:

9 0 * * * /scripts/upcp
0 1 * * * /scripts/cpbackup
*/15 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/bin/dnsqueue > /dev/null 2>&1
2,58 * * * * /usr/local/bandmin/bandmin
0 0 * * * /usr/local/bandmin/ipaddrmap
19 22 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/cpaddons_report.pl --notify
0 6 * * * /scripts/exim_tidydb > /dev/null 2>&1
0 4 * * * /usr/local/bin/indexer --config /usr/local/etc/sphinx_ipb.conf --all --rotate >/dev/null 2>&1
*/5 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/bin/dcpumon >/dev/null 2>&1

I try to add at the very bottom:
*/15 * * * * /usr/local/bin/indexer --config /usr/local/etc/sphinx_ipb.conf ipb_search_posts_delta ipb_search_topics --rotate >/dev/null 2>&1

Ctrl X to exit, y to save, then I get this error:

Quote:

crontab: installing new crontab
"/tmp/crontab.XXXXRydCDF":11: bad minute
errors in crontab file, can't install.
Do you want to retry the same edit? n
crontab: edits left in /tmp/crontab.XXXXRydCDF