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From: Ian Zimmerman <itz@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: cron tab
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 06:45:31
Message-Id: 20170322064147.3791.24ACEF2E@matica.foolinux.mooo.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] cron tab by thelma@sys-concept.com
1 On 2017-03-21 23:10, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
2
3 > I created a cron job as root:
4 > 6 18 3 * 1-5 rsync -av /usr/src/linux/.config /home/thelma/backup/etc/etc_atom/kenel-config
5
6 man 5 crontab:
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8 Commands are executed by cron(8) when the 'minute', 'hour', and 'month
9 of the year' fields match the current time, and *at least one* of the
10 two 'day' fields ('day of month', or 'day of week') match the current
11 time
12
13 (emphasis mine)
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15 So, all according to spec - the one spec that actually matters.
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