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- What is * * * * * In cron job?
- What does 30 * * * * mean in crontab?
- What does * 5 * * * mean in cron?
- What are the 5 stars in crontab?
What is * * * * * In cron job?
Cron job format
A schedule is defined using the unix-cron string format ( * * * * * ) which is a set of five fields in a line, indicating when the job should be executed. You can use either the Google Cloud console, the Google Cloud CLI, or the Cloud Scheduler REST API to set your schedule.
What does 30 * * * * mean in crontab?
*/30 * * * * your_command. this means "run when the minute of each hour is evenly divisible by 30" (would run at: 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, etc) example #3. 0,30 * * * * your_command. this means "run when the minute of each hour is 0 or 30" (would run at: 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, etc)
What does * 5 * * * mean in cron?
Show activity on this post. 5 * * * * means it runs once per hour at five minutes past the hour. */5 * * * * means it runs once every five minutes.
What are the 5 stars in crontab?
Here the five stars represent various time/frequency parameters - minute, hour, day of month, month, day of week, respectively. Using '*' to denote different frequencies: '*' stands for 'every', '*/2' stands for 'once in every two minutes', '*/3' stands for 'once in every three minutes'.
