From 835c4a3e49ca7d4597f57a86567ff2dbaae030af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Agniva De Sarker Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 15:07:36 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] cron: Use day/month names instead of nos. --- pages/common/crontab.md | 11 ++++------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/pages/common/crontab.md b/pages/common/crontab.md index 236964c524..d907bd4bad 100644 --- a/pages/common/crontab.md +++ b/pages/common/crontab.md @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ # crontab > Schedule cron jobs to run on a time interval for the current user. +> Job definition format: "(min) (hour) (day_of_month) (month) (day_of_week) command_to_execute". - Edit the crontab file for the current user: @@ -14,18 +15,14 @@ `crontab -r` -- Cron job definition format: - -`{{minute}} {{hour}} {{day_of_month}} {{month}} {{day_of_week}} {{command_to_execute}}` - - Sample job which runs at 10:00 every day. * means any value: `0 10 * * * {{path/to/script.sh}}` - Sample job which runs every minute on the 3rd of April: -`* * 3 4 * {{path/to/script.sh}}` +`* * 3 Apr * {{path/to/script.sh}}` -- Sample job which runs at 02:30 every friday: +- Sample job which runs at 02:30 every Friday: -`30 2 * * 5 {{path/to/script.sh}}` +`30 2 * * Fri {{path/to/script.sh}}`