I am using the following cron entry to run a cron job every 4 hours and
it is rejecting it:
Any ideas?
0 */4 * * * /home/location/scriptname

Thanks

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On 2006-10-25, capeme wrote:
> I am using the following cron entry to run a cron job every 4 hours and
> it is rejecting it:
> Any ideas?
> 0 */4 * * * /home/location/scriptname

IIRC, some versions of cron require 0-59/4.

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This is AIX.


Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
> On 2006-10-25, capeme wrote: 
>
>     IIRC, some versions of cron require 0-59/4.
>
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would the entry be 0 0-59/4 * * * etc...
capeme wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
> This is AIX.
>
>
> Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: 

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How's about 0 0,4,8,12,16,20 * * * ......

capeme wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
> would the entry be 0 0-59/4 * * * etc...
> capeme wrote: 

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On 2006-10-25, capeme wrote:[vbcol=seagreen] 

[please don't top post]
[vbcol=seagreen]
> would the entry be 0 0-59/4 * * * etc...
> capeme wrote: 

What does the man page say?

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> Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: 
[vbcol=seagreen] 
[vbcol=seagreen] 

capeme wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
> This is AIX.

Well, then it probably doesn't support the syntax that allows you to
add a "/" in one of the time fields, since this is a platform-specific
extension.

- Logan

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"capeme" <capeme@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>I am using the following cron entry to run a cron job every 4 hours and
> it is rejecting it:
> Any ideas?
> 0 */4 * * * /home/location/scriptname

man crontab



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