Question on crontab usage

[Bobcat_1]

Hi,

OS Type : Tur64 Unix V5.1
My cron entry are as follows ;

00,15,30,45 08-00 * * *

The job gets started at 08.00am, 08.15,08.30,08.45, 09.00,09.15,09.30,09.45....so on until it reaches at 11.45pm and it stops and it will continue next day at 08.00am again.

I want it to run at 12 midnight as well before starting at 08.00am the next day.
Is definition in the crontab wrong ?

Thanks.

[Mobeen_1 · Accepted solution]

Bob,
In that case, i would suggest that you have 2 entries for your job. Let the existing job run as it is and just add another line and make an entry to run daily at mid-night.

regards
Mobeen

[Ravi_8]

Hi,

In that case you need to have 2 entries starting at midnight and other at 8 a.m.

you can't specify both midnight and 8 a.m in cron entry

[Orrin]

Hi,

Depending on how long the job runs for you can add 59 after the 45, which will run the job at 11:59pm.

The only other option is to run the job one time, using another entry in the crontab.

I assume that you want a single entry because of the logs the job generates, in that case your best option is to go for the 11:59 option.

Regards,
Orrin.

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

Hi,

take
0,15,30,45 8-23 * * *
0 0 * * *
if you do not want to run it at 00:30 and 00:45 and
0,15,30,45 0,8-23 * * *
if it does not matter.

greetings,

Michael

[Bobcat_1]

Hi,
Thanks for all the help.

Regards.

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

Bob,

I noticed, that you haven't used the point system so far to award points to those, who tried to help you. Please read the following text to understand the purpose of the points here:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#28

thanks,

Michael

[Mobeen_1]

Michael,
Thanks for getting me my 10 :-)

Have a good day

rgds
Mobeen