cron help

[Rodney Kanno]

> You can do the whole thing in one line..
>
> 20 10-16 * * 1-5 mpg123
>
ahh this seems so much easier...cool!


> if you want it every 20 minutes and not just 20 minutes after the hour
> use:
> 0,20,40 10-16 * * 1-5 mpg123
>
> The format is
> * * * * * [command to run]
> minute (0-59)
> hour (0-23)
> day of the month (1-31)
> month of the year (1-12)
> day of the week (0-6 with 0=Sunday)
>
> If you do not want the confirmation email use
> 20 10-16 * * 1-5 mpg123 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null
>

ahh so that's how you get rid of the confirmation e-mail, i always wondered
how you do that. Thanks! I'll give it a shot!

Rodney

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