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Old 02-24-2015
Question Cron job question
Hi,
I have a cron job that I want to run twice a week, on Tues/Thurs, and I want it to run three times - specifically at 10pm, 11:10pm, and 12:20am respectively.

I "think" the way to do this is to run the following:

Code:
00,10,20 22,23,00 * * 2,4 MYCOMMAND

Just wanted to verify this is correct?
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 02-24-2015 at 01:15 PM.. Reason: code tags
# 2  
Old 02-24-2015
Hi.

No, that is not correct. That will run the job at 22:00, 22:10, 22:20, 23:00, 23:10. etc.

There's no way to schedule the job in that way in a single job.

You could either compromise, by running it at, say, 22:10, 23:10, etc.; or programmatically control it from within your script; or create three separate cron jobs (the easiest option).

Code:
00 22,23,00 * * 2,4 MYCOMMAND
10 22,23,00 * * 2,4 MYCOMMAND
20 22,23,00 * * 2,4 MYCOMMAND

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# 3  
Old 02-24-2015
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Originally Posted by Scott
Hi.

No, that is not correct. That will run the job at 22:00, 22:10, 22:20, 23:00, 23:10. etc.

There's no way to schedule the job in that way in a single job.

You could either compromise, by running it at, say, 22:10, 23:10, etc.; or programmatically control it from within your script; or create three separate cron jobs (the easiest option).

Code:
00 22,23,00 * * 2,4 MYCOMMAND
10 22,23,00 * * 2,4 MYCOMMAND
20 22,23,00 * * 2,4 MYCOMMAND

Ok thanks, that's what I needed to know Smilie
# 4  
Old 02-24-2015
Unfortunately, this
Code:
00 22,23,00 * * 2,4 MYCOMMAND
10 22,23,00 * * 2,4 MYCOMMAND
20 22,23,00 * * 2,4 MYCOMMAND

wouldn't help at all; the script would still run at 22:00h, 22:10h, 22:20h, 23:00h etc.
Try
Code:
00 22 * * 2,4 MYCOMMAND
10 23 * * 2,4 MYCOMMAND
20 00 * * 2,4 MYCOMMAND

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Scott
# 5  
Old 02-24-2015
Oh yes.... a clumsy cut and paste oversight, thanks Smilie
 
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