multiple instances using cron

[Randy Katz]

man 5 crontab
hehe

On Friday 18 July 2003 12:25 am, Matthew Healey wrote:
> On Friday, July 18, 2003, at 03:16  PM, Wayne Davison wrote:
> > 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..
>
> *bangs head against the wall*
>
> Which goes to show... never take the word of a person who says they
> know "everything" about cron....
>
> I am going to get back in my hole now.
>
> Thanks heaps for the info...
>
> - Matt

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Randy Katz