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# 1  
Old 09-02-2011
Power Help with cronjob setting
Hi everyone,

I have set a cronjob to run every 5 minutes.
But this has to be stopped between 1:00AM to 3:00AM.
How do I do it?
# 2  
Old 09-02-2011
Hi,
you'll have to enumerate the hours you like your job to be run.
# 3  
Old 09-02-2011
Code:
1,6,11,16,21,26,31,36,41,46,51,56 3-23 * * * <command>

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Old 09-02-2011
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Originally Posted by cero
Hi,
you'll have to enumerate the hours you like your job to be run.
Could you say an example?Smilie

---------- Post updated at 04:54 PM ---------- Previous update was at 04:43 PM ----------

Thank you all.
I finally went for
Code:
*/5 3-23 * * * /app/myScript.sh

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