05-14-2012
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Originally Posted by
methyl
First cron: Hourly except at 20:00 . What did you intend? I'm assuming that this certain editions of Linux because the syntax is invalid in unix.
Second cron: every 20 mins (On the hour; twenty minutes past the hour; and forty minutes past the hour).
Third cron: At 20 minutes past every hour.
I'm just learning syntax differences. Thank you for your reply I appreciate it!
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