Comments on: Cron format http://prefetch.net/blog/index.php/2006/11/30/cron-format/ Blog O' Matty Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:31:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: Justin http://prefetch.net/blog/index.php/2006/11/30/cron-format/comment-page-1/#comment-58764 Justin Mon, 28 May 2007 20:02:33 +0000 http://prefetch.net/blog/index.php/2006/11/30/cron-format/#comment-58764 What you might find useful information (as I did), is the format of cron.d files. While most googled documentation says that it's the same format as the crontab files, there is one minor difference. That's that the user to run the command as must be entered before the command. ex. 0 2 * * 0,4 root /usr/bin/perl /root/compiledoc.pl What you might find useful information (as I did), is the format of cron.d files. While most googled documentation says that it’s the same format as the crontab files, there is one minor difference. That’s that the user to run the command as must be entered before the command.

ex.
0 2 * * 0,4 root /usr/bin/perl /root/compiledoc.pl

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