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Old 09-29-2008
Please let me know what this line in cron means?

Hi All,

I found this line in my crontab..

0 6 * * * "some script name"

my question is it means the script should run at 6 00 am. But on what those days are not mentioned. Then in that case when will the script will run?

Thanks for ur help in advance,
Magesh
# 2  
Old 09-29-2008
ya exactly its sheduled to run at 6 am for each day each month and each week day..
* means for each day or month or weekday
for more info go through the man page of crontab
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Old 09-29-2008
Every day at 6 am.
see man crontab
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Old 09-29-2008
thanks guys...
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