multiple instances using cron

Wayne Davison wayned at samba.org
Fri Jul 18 17:16:11 EST 2003


On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 03:10:11PM +0800, Matthew Healey wrote:
> *	1	*	*	*	command
> *	1	*	*	*	command

That tells cron to run the command every minute from 1:00 to 1:59 A.M.
If rsync doesn't finish in 60 seconds, another instance will start to
run.  You probably meant to use something like this:

0 1  * * *  command

That way it only runs once a day.

..wayne..



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