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Old 08-02-2012
Crontab not working with the hour configuration
Hi,

When I set the crontab to run every minute, every hour, it works fine.

Code:
* * * * * env > /tmp/env.output

However I want to run it every day at 8:00 AM and it does not run.

Code:
* 8 * * * env > /tmp/env.output

I ran the 'date' command which says it's 8AM PST and also the 'TZ' command and it's also 8PST.

Thank you for you help.
Last edited by methyl; 08-03-2012 at 01:47 AM..
# 2  
Old 08-02-2012
Have you tried:

Code:
0 8 * * * env > /tmp/env.output

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# 3  
Old 08-02-2012
Good catch. With * in the minutes, it would run 8:00, 8:01, 8:02, ...
# 4  
Old 08-02-2012
Hi,

Also worth noting here that "env" might not be the best command to run, as there may not be one for the crond.

Regards

Dave
# 5  
Old 08-02-2012
We already know she has it, however.
# 6  
Old 08-03-2012
As a test, try running the date command in your once-a-minute cron to see what timezone cron is running in.
Depends how the server was built. Some people set the server clock to UTC and adjust the client sessions.
Please get used to mentioning what Operating System and version you have and what Shell you think you are running (could be diferent from cron).
 
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