Posted by Al on 01/17/05 17:02

Jay Blanchard wrote:

> [snip]
> I've got a question about the following cronjob.
>
>
>>#At 3:01 our time, run backups
>>1 0 * * * /usr/local/bin/php
>
> /www/r/rester/htdocs/auto_backup/back_em_up.php
>
>>/www/r/rester/htdocs/auto_backup/cron.log 2>&1
>>
>>#At 3:02 clean up sessions folder
>>2 0 * * * (find /www/r/rester/htdocs/sessions/ -name 'sess_*' -mtime
>
> +1 -delete)
>
>>#this is only for testing a new cronjob, every minute
>>* * * * * /usr/local/bin/php
>
> /www/r/rester/htdocs/phpList_cronjob/process_cronjob.php
>
>>>/www/r/rester/htdocs/phpList_cronjob/cron.log 2>>&1
>>
>
> The new one doesn't seem to want to run until after 3:01 or 3:02.
> Shouldn't the
> sever just run it every minute?
> [/snip]
>
> You have to specify each minute...
>
> http://www.unixgeeks.org/security/newbie/unix/cron-1.html


I thought the "*" in the minutes position meant to run the script for all
minutes, 0.... 59.

Am I wrong?

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