On Saturday 21 August 2004 19:18, Robert Locke wrote: >On Sat, 2004-08-21 at 18:48, Gene Heskett wrote: >> Greetings; >> >> I have need to add a "monthly event" to my root crontab. I know >> that the first two place holders (the '*'s) in the timeline are >> hours and minutes, but the manpages contain no hints as to what >> the next three '*'s represent. I would think that after 11 years, >> that lack of info and the resultant questions would have managed >> to get the manpages rewritten to include that info. >> >> Anyway, can anyone enlighten me on this please? > >Gene, > >They are in my man pages.... but let me conjecture.... > >Are you simply typing in "man crontab"? That will show you the man > page for the "crontab" command from chapter (1). Try typing in > "man 5 crontab" to have it show you the information from chapter > (5) which is > >"data and config files". An excerpt from mine: >> The time and date fields are: >> >> field allowed values >> ----- -------------- >> minute 0-59 >> hour 0-23 >> day of month 1-31 >> month 1-12 (or names, see below) >> day of week 0-7 (0 or 7 is Sun, or use names) >> >> A field may be an asterisk (*), which always stands for >> ââfirst-lastââ. >> >> Ranges of numbers are allowed. Ranges are two numbers >> separated with a hyphen. The specified range is inclusive. >> For example, 8-11 for an ââhoursââ entry specifies execution at >> hours 8, 9, 10 and 11. >> >> Lists are allowed. A list is a set of numbers (or ranges) >> separated by commas. Examples: ââ1,2,5,9ââ, ââ0-4,8-12ââ. > >HTH a little, > >--Rob It helps a lot Rob, as does another comment you made. "data and config files" is 'chapter 5'. My problem is that I don't recall ever having seen a document that defines what the various manpage 'chapters' as you call them, are supposed to represent. Where in the manpage info, is this defined so that I might not have to ask what is in retrospect a stupid question that really does have an answer if only *I* knew *where* to look? -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.24% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
