For the noobs like me who were not exactly sure how to use this tidbit, you can get a better description from "man 5 crontab". For example, you can use "@yearly" in place of the first 5 fields (0 0 1 1 *) in a crontab entry to make a more humanly readable entry. On 5/11/07, Shawn Badger wrote: > > Here are some useful crontab tricks that I found a while back on the > web and then someone posted them again. So I though I should pass them > on to the group. > > > Entry Description Equivalent To > @reboot Run once, at startup. None > @yearly Run once a year 0 0 1 1 * > @annually (same as @yearly) 0 0 1 1 * > @monthly Run once a month 0 0 1 * * > @weekly Run once a week 0 0 * * 0 > @daily Run once a day 0 0 * * * > @midnight (same as @daily) 0 0 * * * > @hourly Run once an hour 0 * * * * > > > I found them again at this site: > > http://blog.lxpages.com/2007/05/10/neat-crontab-tricks/ > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. - Dr. Seuss