crontab

[fergani]

Hi everyone,
I have a batch file and I want it to be executed every after 30 minutes.
please could anyone provide me with the format should I put it inside crontab.
bye.

[Steven Schweda]

Which part of "man crontab" was unclear?

http://h30097.www3.hp.com/docs/base_doc/DOCUMENTATION/V51B_HTML/MAN/MAN1/0565____.HTM

[Kapil Jha · Accepted solution]

30 * * * *
this would run script after every 30 mnts.

maybe below thing help

#minute (0-59),
#| hour (0-23),
#| | day of the month (1-31),
#| | | month of the year (1-12),
#| | | | day of the week (0-6 with 0=Sunday).
#| | | | | commands
0 2 * * 0,4 /etc/cron.d/logchecker

man crontab.....

BR,
Kapil+

[Dennis Handly]

>Kapil: 30 * * * *
this would run script after every 30 minutes.

No, this runs it every hour. One possibility is (there are 29 others):
0,30 * * * *

[Kapil Jha]

thanks for correcting Dennis :)
thats very dumm mistake :o)

BR,
Kapil+