Re: run cron job every 15 minutes

["Anthony E . Greene" <agreene pobox com>]

On Tue, 01 May 2001 08:11:02 John Horne wrote:
>On 30-Apr-01 at 15:51:51 rpjday wrote:
>> in either case, you're better off using the */15 syntax i mentioned
>> earlier.
>> 
>Why is that 'better'? I still use the old (?) syntax of '0,15,30,45' which
>seems to work just as well.

Because */15 really means every 15 minutes. Your solution actually specifes
specific minutes in which to run the job. The result is the same, but the
*/15 syntax matches better with what was originally requested (every 15
minutes).

Tony
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