 | | | cron changes after the update, again | cron changes after the update, again 2006-04-07 - By Greg Hosler
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On 07-Apr-2006 (See http://Apr-2006.ora-code.com) Giovanni Apogallo wrote:
> I have in crontab a job that is scheduled every half an hour, in this way:
> 10/30 6-19 * * 1-5 sync.sh
The above is not legal syntax. Never was. If it used to work, you were lucky.
The syntax is:
<start of range>-<end-of-range>/<step value>
Either of the following would achieve your goal of 10 & 40:
10,40 6-19 * * 1-5 sync.sh
10-59/30 6-19 * * 1-5 sync.sh
best rgds,
-Greg
> that was there since the installation of this server, a couple of years ago.
> That means it run at 10 and at 40 of every hour between 6 and 19, monday to
> friday.
>
> Now after the last cron update it's not working anymore, gives this error:
> crontab: installing new crontab
> "/tmp/crontab.XXXXMceiAS":13: bad minute
> (line 13 is the crontab line above)
>
> it's not the use of '/', since in the same crontab i have another job that
> is scheduled in this way:
> 1-59/3 6-19 * * * check.sh
> and this one is working without errors.
> More on this, if i put "*/30" it's working good.
> But i need this job to start 10min past hour change, so i need the "10/30".
>
> funny thing is, the job was working at time scheduled even after the update,
> only it won't let me change the crontab.
>
> Any advice is welcome.
> Gio
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