Hello,

I've got the following entry in the root crontab:
0 */4 * * * cd /home/asService/ && sh asService

With this line, asService should be executed every four hours, but on my
lenny/sid debian server, it happens only at 12, 16 and 20 o'clock, not
at 0, 4 and 8... Who has an idea what could lead to this behaviour?

Thanks in advance!

Feverishly pounding upon a keyboard Volker Lücken typed:
> Hello,
>
> I've got the following entry in the root crontab:
> 0 */4 * * * cd /home/asService/ && sh asService
>
> With this line, asService should be executed every four hours, but on my
> lenny/sid debian server, it happens only at 12, 16 and 20 o'clock, not
> at 0, 4 and 8... Who has an idea what could lead to this behaviour?
>

*0,4,8 * * * * cd /home/asService/ && sh asService

But, I prefer to point to a script and do all the work there.
Examples ...

crontab reads

*/15 * * * * /home/myuser/bin/news_sig

news_sig reads

#!/bin/bash
echo sk8r-365 > /home/myuser/documents/signatures/news.sig
/usr/games/fortune /home/myuser/bin/matthew >> /home/myuser/documents/signatures/news.sig

--
sk8r-365
And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and
said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of
Nazareth. -- Matthew 26:71