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this is the syntax format you should be using for your cron jobs in your crontab files [472], Last Updated: Sat May 18, 2024
wallpaperama
Tue Jan 08, 2008
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i use this simple table to determine how im going to put the hours days month years or weeks on my crontabs
at that interval.
* * * * * command to be executed
- - - - -
| | | | |
| | | | +----- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0)
| | | +------- month (1 - 12)
| | +--------- day of month (1 - 31)
| +----------- hour (0 - 23)
+------------- min (0 - 59)
Special string | Meaning |
@reboot | Run once, at startup. |
@yearly | Run once a year, “0 0 1 1 *”. |
@annually | (same as @yearly) |
@monthly | Run once a month, “0 0 1 * *”. |
@weekly | Run once a week, “0 0 * * 0″. |
@daily | Run once a day, “0 0 * * *”. |
@midnight | (same as @daily) |
@hourly | Run once an hour, “0 * * * *”. |
if you need more help, this link will give you more info:
Crontab Format: Minute Hour Day Week Month