· List all the cron job
root@hostname]#
crontab -l
0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55
* * * * /root/checksendmail >/dev/null 2>&1
· Format
Your cron job looks as follows for user
jobs:
1 2 3 4 5 /path/to/command arg1 arg2
Or
1 2 3 4 5 /root/backup.sh
Where,
§ 1: Minute (0-59)
§ 2: Hours (0-23)
§ 3: Day (0-31)
§ 4: Month (0-12 [12 == December])
§ 5: Day of the week(0-7 [7 or 0 == sunday])
§ /path/to/command - Script or command name to schedule