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# 1  
Old 02-22-2018
Crontab
hi boys.
how i can schedule a script with crontab ever 5 minutes .
Regards
Francesco
# 2  
Old 02-22-2018
For literally every 5 minutes 24x7 wildcard ('*') all fields except 'minute' where you enter a comma separated list like 0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55.

Use the crontab command to configure it. See:

Code:
man crontab

Job done.
Last edited by hicksd8; 02-22-2018 at 11:00 AM..
# 3  
Old 02-22-2018
Also notice that there might be files named /var/adm/cron/cron.allow and/or /var/adm/cron/cron.deny which control which user is allowed to use the crontab command. For details see the IBM documentation here.

I hope this helps.

bakunin
# 4  
Old 02-23-2018
crontab
A line of the crontab file:
Code:
       0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * /home/jboss/file_arrivati_da_now/invio.sh >> /home/jboss/file_arrivati_da_now/invio.log

contains the following error:
0481-079 Reached a symbol that is not expected

which is the error?
Tnk
regards,

Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment edit by bakunin: please use CODE-tags when you post code, file contents or terminal output. Thank you.
Last edited by bakunin; 02-24-2018 at 08:29 AM..
# 5  
Old 02-23-2018
There are 6 fields to a cron line:

1. Minute (0-59)
2. Hours (0-23)
3. Day of month (1-31)
4. Month of year (1-12)
5. Day of week (0-6, 0=Sunday)
6. Command to be run

so only having 3 wildcards after the minute field is going to cause a problem.
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