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Date:	Sun, 13 Jan 2002 17:33:17 -0800
From:	"Ryan T. Sammartino" <ryants AT shaw DOT ca>
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Subject:	Re: cron - /etc/crontab is not read?
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On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 03:16:30AM +0200, Jari Aalto+tpu.misc wrote:
> and the file at /var/cron/tabs/root is modified accordingly.
> The test I added was:
> 
>     2  *  * * *   date  >> /cygdrive/e/home/jaalto/tmp/cron.log
> 
> But I'm not sure what to think about this output?
> 
>     Sun Jan 13 23:02:01  2002
>     Mon Jan 14 02:02:01  2002
> 
> Shouldn't it print the message every 2 minutes?  

Nope.  For every two minutes, use "0-59/2".  More info available via "man
5 crontab".


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