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[Alex Snow]

Hi.
Thanks for the info.

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On Sun, 15 Jun 2003, Ralph W. Reid wrote:

> Alex Snow staggered into view and mumbled:
> >
> >Hi All.
> >Does anyone know the syntax of the crontab file? I cant seem to find it.
> >what I'm aiming to do is run a job every 15 mins or so but I cant seem to
> >find the syntax and what all the fields are.
>
> Have you considered using `at' instead of editing that file manually?
> For what you want to do, the `at' command line would look something
> like this:
>
> at now + 15 minutes
>
> You can then enter a list of commands you would like to run, and then
> terminate the list with a CTRL-D (end of file character) to get
> things started.  You might also want to redirect any output from the
> commands to keep from getting email every 15 minutes if the list ends
> with `at now + 15 minutes'.  See the man page for `at' for more
> details.  I hope this helps.
>
> Have a _great_ day!
>
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