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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Shell script doesn't get executed using crontab Post 74442 by radhika on Thursday 9th of June 2005 04:19:00 PM
Old 06-09-2005
okay! I found my problem. It's not a problem, I was misinterpreting the minute part.

When we say

30 * * * * test.sh implies it runs 30mins after the hour. Not every 30 minutes. If I want the script to run every 30 minutes then we should say-

0, 30 * * * * test.sh

I tested this logic using short time 1 minute. For ex:
1 * * * * test.sh will run at 1 minute after every hour.

1, 5 * * * * test.sh will run at 1minute after every hour and 5 minutes after every hour.

Radhika.
 

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HYLAFAX-SHUTDOWN(5)						File Formats Manual					       HYLAFAX-SHUTDOWN(5)

NAME
etc/shutdown - server shutdown control file DESCRIPTION
If the file etc/shutdown is present it describes when a HylaFAX server is to be shutdown and may contain a descriptive message to return to clients explaining the reason for the shutdown. This file is used by the hfaxd(8) program. The file has the following format: <year> <month> <day> <hour> <minute> <deny> <disconnect> <shutdown message text> The first line defines the date and time the server should be shutdown and the time preceding at which unprivileged clients should be denied service or disconnected; these fields are described in more detail below. Any lines that follow the first are taken as the text of a message to return to clients when notifying them of a scheduled shutdown or when denying them service. <year> The decimal year; e.g. 1996. <month> The decimal month; e.g. 10 for October. <day> The decimal day of the month in the range [1..31]. <hour> The decimal hour since midnight; in the range [0..23]. <minute> The decimal minute after the hour; in the range [0..59]. <deny> The time prior to the shutdown time at which to deny service to unprivileged clients. This value is specified as decimal number in the form HHMM; e.g. 130 for 1 hour and 30 minutes. <disconnect> Time time prior to the shutdown time at which to disconnect unprivileged clients that are logged in to the server. This value is specified as a decimal number in the form HHMM. NOTES
This file is typically created using the ``SHUT'' command supported by hfaxd(8). SEE ALSO
hfaxd(8), hylafax-server(5) January 18, 1996 HYLAFAX-SHUTDOWN(5)
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