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# 1  
Old 01-22-2013
Crontab schedule
Hi all,

I would like to schedule a crontab script, which should run From 8pm Thursday to 2am Friday and it should run every 10 minutes. I have put a script like below, is it the correct one.

Code:
10 01,02,20,21,22,23,00 * * 4-5 /u01/app/test.ksh

Any other options available to schedule the same interval.
# 2  
Old 01-22-2013
It looks almost correct. Except you're running it only 10 minutes past the hour, not every 10 minutes.

You can also shorten it slightly, if you wished:
Code:
*/10 00-02,20-23 * * 4,5

Or, if */10 is not supported:
Code:
0,10,20,30,40,50 00-02,20-23 * * 4,5

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# 3  
Old 01-22-2013
Scott,

Thanks much and appreciate for your quick reply.

If we use this code,

Code:
*/10 00-02,20-23 * * 4,5

then it will run on 12am - 2 am and 8pm - 12 am on Thursday and Friday.

But my requirement is slightly different, job should run from 8pm thursday until 2 am friday.

Please let me know.
# 4  
Old 01-22-2013
Sorry, yes, I overlooked that!

You would need two jobs, or handle it within your script:

Code:
*/10 20-23 * * 4
*/10 00-02 * * 5

# 5  
Old 01-22-2013
Thanks much scott Smilie
# 6  
Old 01-22-2013
You can use the interactive cron trainer at http://www.dataphyx.com to play with crontab timing values. Put in any combination of time/date values and get back a list of future run-times.
Last edited by mlbx01; 04-09-2013 at 05:04 AM.. Reason: URL changed.
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# 7  
Old 01-22-2013
Quote:
to 2am Friday
If 02:10 to 02:50 is okay, this is correct.
Code:
*/10 00-02 * * 5

But I do read "to 2am", it should be
Code:
*/10 00-01 * * 5

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Thanks for the site Cron Buddy. A crontab sandbox.
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