[PLUG] cron question

Michael Rasmussen mikeraz at patch.com
Sat Sep 22 13:24:20 UTC 2007


> On 09/21/2007 08:12 AM, Michael Rasmussen wrote:
> > How would you use the */n syntax to get two separate lines to interleave? 
> > I don't think he can do the abbreviation without a confusion of the two
> > scripts running separated by a 2-3 minute gap.
 
Robert Citek responded:
> Try this:
> 
> 0-59/5 * * * * date > /tmp/date.0.txt
> 2-59/5 * * * * date > /tmp/date.2.txt

And it works.  Perfectly.
Thank you.

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