cron

alisevA3 · #1 (**permalink**) 11-24-2005

I have a script and I want to run it every 2 minutes by Cron

how can I do this ?

thanks

Alice

matrixmadhan · #2 (**permalink**) 11-24-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by alisevA3

I have a script and I want to run it every 2 minutes by Cron

how can I do this ?

thanks

Alice

2 * * * * <your_script_path>

use
man crontab

Unbeliever · #3 (**permalink**) 11-25-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by matrixmadhan

2 * * * * <your_script_path>

use
man crontab

I'm afraid this will only run the cron script at 2 minutesd past each hour

To run it *every* 2 minutes you need something like:

0,2,4,6,8,<etc> * * * * <path_to_script>

On some versions of cron you can use a short hand

*/2 * * * * <path_to_script>

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