View source for secureplatform cron

root crons configured by running '''crontab -e''' at expert prompt

cron file will be save to...
 /var/spool/cron/root


== cron file format ==

Each line in the /etc/crontab file represents a job and has the following format:
 minute   hour   day   month   dayofweek   command

minute — any integer from 0 to 59

hour — any integer from 0 to 23

day — any integer from 1 to 31 (must be a valid day if a month is specified)

month — any integer from 1 to 12 (or the short name of the month such as jan or feb)

dayofweek — any integer from 0 to 7, where 0 or 7 represents Sunday (or the short name of the week such as sun or mon)

command — the command to execute (the command can either be a command such as ls /proc >> /tmp/proc or the command to execute a custom script)


== crontab file examples ==

01 * * * * /usr/local/bin/cron.hourly.sh

02 4 * * * /usr/local/bin/cron.daily.sh

22 4 * * 0  /usr/local/bin/cron.weekly.sh

42 4 1 * * /usr/local/bin/cron.monthly.sh
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