Re: Executing a Script every hour

From: David J. Weller-Fahy (dave-lists-debian_at_weller-fahy.com)
Date: 09/30/03

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    * Christof Hurschler <hurschler@gmx.de> [2003-09-30 12:35]:
    > Is there a simpe way to have a script execute at shorter time
    > intervals. I'd like to run the swendeleter.pl script automatically
    > every so often to keep my mailbox from overfiling.

    I think you looked in the wrong place (took me a while, as well), from
    'man 5 crontab':

    #v+
        Commands are executed by cron(8) when the minute, hour, and
        month of year fields match the current time, and when at least one
        of the two day fields (day of month, or day of week) match the
        current time (see ``Note'' below). cron(8) examines cron
        entries once every minute. The time and date fields are:

            field allowed values
            ----- --------------
            minute 0-59
            hour 0-23
            day of month 1-31
            month 1-12 (or names, see below)
            day of week 0-7 (0 or 7 is Sun, or use names)
    #v-

    Hope that helps...

    Regards, 

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