it-rex
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cronjob frequency
how to schedule a job via crontab to run every 15 minutes excluding during the window starting midnight until 7am, at this h time we would like snapshots taken every 2 hours(midnight, 2, 4 and 6).
liddler
not easily with standard cron, I would usually schedule a script to run every 15 minutes, the first part of the script would look at the time and exit gracefully if it was between 00 - 07 and not 2, 4 or 6
00,15,30,45 7-23,1,3,5 * * * /path/to/script >/path/to/log 2>&1
If you want to run it at 0, 2, 4 and 6 A. M every 15 minutes except for the full hour add a second line:
15,30,45 0,2,4,6 * * * /path/to/script >/path/to/log 2>&1
wmp
If you want to run it at 0, 2, 4 and 6 A. M every 15 minutes except for the full hour add a second line:
15,30,45 0,2,4,6 * * * /path/to/script >/path/to/log 2>&1
wmp
ASKER
so woolmilkporc
00,15,30,45 7-23,1,3,5 * * * /path/to/script >/path/to/log 2>&1
will do it for me;again I need to run every 15 minutes starting 7 am till 11 pm and
every 2 hours starting midnight till 6 am
?
00,15,30,45 7-23,1,3,5 * * * /path/to/script >/path/to/log 2>&1
will do it for me;again I need to run every 15 minutes starting 7 am till 11 pm and
every 2 hours starting midnight till 6 am
?
crontab
UNIX systems have a deamon running all the time that can run jobs at regularly scheduled intervals. You can specify the jobs that the crontab command will execute in a file, and the cron deamon will check it when the cron deamon is initialized or when additions or modifications are made to the file.
The entries you can make in the crontab file consist of the following fields (separated by spaces or tab character):
minute
hour
day (of the month)
year
day of the week
command
Each of these fields can have more than one discrete value (separated by commas) or a range of values or an * (asterisk) meaning all values are to be matched.
Following is a list of flags that can be used with the crontab command:
-l to list your crontab file.
-e to edit or create the crontab file.
-r to remove your crontab file.
-v to list the status of the crontab jobs.
Examples If you want to display the string Time to go for lunch at 12:30 pm every day, set up the following:
30 12 * * * * echo "Time to go for lunch"
If you want to execute my_job on Friday at 4:00 p.m. every week, setup the following:
0 16 * * 5 my_job
from http://www.math.iitb.ac.in/resources/manuals/Unix_Unleashed/Vol_1/ch05.htm
UNIX systems have a deamon running all the time that can run jobs at regularly scheduled intervals. You can specify the jobs that the crontab command will execute in a file, and the cron deamon will check it when the cron deamon is initialized or when additions or modifications are made to the file.
The entries you can make in the crontab file consist of the following fields (separated by spaces or tab character):
minute
hour
day (of the month)
year
day of the week
command
Each of these fields can have more than one discrete value (separated by commas) or a range of values or an * (asterisk) meaning all values are to be matched.
Following is a list of flags that can be used with the crontab command:
-l to list your crontab file.
-e to edit or create the crontab file.
-r to remove your crontab file.
-v to list the status of the crontab jobs.
Examples If you want to display the string Time to go for lunch at 12:30 pm every day, set up the following:
30 12 * * * * echo "Time to go for lunch"
If you want to execute my_job on Friday at 4:00 p.m. every week, setup the following:
0 16 * * 5 my_job
from http://www.math.iitb.ac.in/resources/manuals/Unix_Unleashed/Vol_1/ch05.htm
With my version the script will run every 15 minutes at
7, 8, 9, 10, 11. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 1, 3, 5 hours.
so:
7:00, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8:00, 8:15, ..., ... 22:45, 23:00, 1:00, 1:15, 1:30, 1:45, 3:00, 3:15, 3:30, 3:45, 5:00, 5:15, 5:45, 7:00 ...
Is this what you desire?
7, 8, 9, 10, 11. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 1, 3, 5 hours.
so:
7:00, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8:00, 8:15, ..., ... 22:45, 23:00, 1:00, 1:15, 1:30, 1:45, 3:00, 3:15, 3:30, 3:45, 5:00, 5:15, 5:45, 7:00 ...
Is this what you desire?
Forgot some values:
23:15, 23:30, 23:45
Sorry.
23:15, 23:30, 23:45
Sorry.
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thanks