Setting up a cron job

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July 21st, 2003, 10:42 AM

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Setting up a cron job

Hey. How would I set up a job to be run every 6 hours?

Would:
1 | 0,6,12,18 | * | * | *
be correct?

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July 21st, 2003, 01:31 PM

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Yes, it is correct.

July 21st, 2003, 01:33 PM

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I guess this would work too

Code:

0    */6       *       *       *       /path/to/job

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