Can we set up a voice for disconnetion?

Hakan Koseoglu hakan at koseoglu.org
Thu Oct 20 13:00:50 UTC 2011


On 20 October 2011 13:52, Steve Flynn <anothermindbomb at gmail.com> wrote:
> This will drop you into your editor - add the following line:
>  0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * some/path/alert.sh >/dev/null
Yikes, why do all of that when */5 will do the trick?

man 5 crontab. scroll down,

       Step values can be used in conjunction with ranges.  Following
a range with ``/<number>'' specifies skips of the number's
       value through the range.  For example, ``0-23/2'' can be used
in the hours field to specify command execution every other
       hour  (the  alternative  in  the  V7  standard is
``0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22'').  Steps are also permitted after
an
       asterisk, so if you want to say ``every two hours'', just use ``*/2''.




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