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Old 04-24-2009
Cron Job : unexpected symbol
Hello Experts,

I am trying to setup a crontab with 2 jobs but getting the familiar error
Code:
0481-079 Reached a symbol that is not expected

I would like to know if the below code is the only way to show a fixed interval. Don't we have something more efficient.
Code:
0	0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22	*	*	*	sh /usr/myShell.sh

This is also addressed here but not resolved.

Thank You.

Regards,
HKansal
Last edited by hkansal; 04-24-2009 at 11:24 PM..
# 2  
Old 04-25-2009
Quotes.

0 0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22 * * * "sh /usr/myShell.sh"

However, preferably, you'd just make /usr/myShell.sh executable and not call it with sh.
# 3  
Old 04-25-2009
Hello,

Kindly excuse me for putting up misleading statements.
The error was encountered while using */2 in place of 0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22.

That is what the problem is actually. It is a highly inefficient way of writing and I would like to know if we have something more efficient.

The code I used w/ sh is working absolutely fine, just the troubles with the long sequence.

Thank You.

Regards,
HKansal
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