From acc74124b5152525078309c2b51ddd7901673239 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark McNally Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2021 18:42:45 +0100 Subject: cron timings explained better, personal ad made less overt --- cron.html | 62 +++++++++++++++++--------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-) diff --git a/cron.html b/cron.html index cc0ac0d..985a5e8 100644 --- a/cron.html +++ b/cron.html @@ -61,25 +61,21 @@

Crontab expressions look like this * * * * * command-to-run +

+ So for our Monday at 3:30AM job we would do the following: + 

-				 .---------------- minute (0 - 59)
-				 |  .------------- hour (0 - 23)
-				 |  |  .---------- day of month (1 - 31)
-				 |  |  |  .------- month (1 - 12
-				 |  |  |  |  .---- day of week (0 - 6) 
-				 |  |  |  |  |
-				 *  *  *  *  *
+ .---------------- minute (0 - 59)
+ | .------------- hour (0 - 23)
+ | | .---------- day of month (1 - 31)
+ | | | .------- month (1 - 12
+ | | | | .---- day of week (0 - 6) 
+ | | | | |
+ * * * * *
+30 3 * * 1 apt-get -y update && apt-get -y dist-upgrade

- -

- So for our Monday at 3:30AM job we would do the following: - 

-             30 3 * * 1 apt-get -y update && apt-get -y dist-upgrade 
-