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# 1  
Old 08-22-2012
crontab every 5 min.
Hi running aix 6.1
Code:
oslevel 

6100-07-03-1207

I need to confirm that this cron entry is set properly.

I need it set for every 5 min.

Code:
0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * /path/to/script.sh

it does not appear that it is running every 5 min but it did in the beginning.
# 2  
Old 08-22-2012
Yes, it is set correctly.

Column info:
1 = min
2 = hour
3 = day of the month
4 = month
5 = weekday (Sun=0)
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# 3  
Old 08-23-2012
cron log in available on this file: /var/adm/cron/log

Try
Code:
sh -n /path/to/script.sh

to check syntax
# 4  
Old 08-24-2012
Hi ,

Instead of mentioning 0,5,10,.. make it as read by

*/5 * * * * /path/to/script.sh

Try this this will be running every five minutes once Smilie
# 5  
Old 08-24-2012
Ahem...

Quote:
Originally Posted by priyak
*/5 * * * * /path/to/script.sh
This is the AIX forum! What you have suggested works on Linux (more precisely it works with the widely-used Vixie-cron), but not the AIX cron.


From the crontab man page

Quote:
Code:
These fields accept the following values:
minute 	0 through 59
hour 	0 through 23
day_of_month 	1 through 31
month 	1 through 12
weekday 	0 through 6 for Sunday through Saturday
command 	a shell command

You must specify a value for each field. Except for the command field, these fields can contain the following:

    A number in the specified range. To run a command in May, specify 5 in the month field.

    Two numbers separated by a dash to indicate an inclusive range. To run a cron job on Tuesday through Friday,
    place 2-5 in the weekday field.

    A list of numbers separated by commas. To run a command on the first and last day of January, you would specify
    1,31 in the day_of_month field.

    A combination of two numbers separated by a dash to indicate an inclusive range and a list of numbers separated
    by commas can be used in conjunction. To run a command on the first, tenth to sixteenth and last day of January,
    you would specify 1,10-16,31 in the day_of_month field. The above two points can also be used in combination.

    An * (asterisk), meaning all allowed values. To run a job every hour, specify an asterisk in the hour field.


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