I schedule the jobs in crontab as shown below

30,0,0 15,19,23 * * * /../XXX > XX.log 2>/dev/null
30,0,0 16,20,22 * * * /../YYY > YY.log 2>/dev/null

I want to run the first job at 15.30,19.00&23.00 and second job 16.30,20.00 & 22.00 as per the above parameter but its running in dirrerent ways like
first job: 15.00,15.30,19.00,19.30,23.00&23.30
second job: 16.00,16.30,20.00,20.30,22.00&22.30

Its generating mail ubject : Your crontab file has an error in it
Content-Length: 1080
unexpected end of line
This entry has been ignored.

Please anybody put light on my issue.

Thanks

Hi,

Please check this form:

30 15 * * * /../XXX 1>XX.log 2>/dev/null
0 19,23 * * * /../XXX 1>XX.log 2>/dev/null
30 16 * * * /../YYY 1>YY.log 2>/dev/null
0 20,22 * * * /../YYY 1>YY.log 2>/dev/null

Gustavo.

Thanks Gustavo,
I will be try as you mention above,
when crontab is run its generate unix mail which shown below

"unexpected end of line
This entry has been ignored"

Thanks

I think the format is wrong... check this way

30 15 * * * /../XXX 1>XX.log 2>/dev/null

Hi,

Can be that the error this in the script ?

Gustavo.

Remove any empty lines in the crontab, those are not allowed.

The first field tells the minutes, the second means hours. If you want something to run at 15.30 and 16.00 everyday, you can't say

30,0 15,16 * * * script

then it will run at 15.00, 15.30, 16.00 and 16.30 - e.g all combinations of hours and minutes will be used. Do it like gustavo suggested, split it on several lines.

Now that I think about it, the minutes spec could also perhaps be causing an error. You have:

30,0,0 15,19,23 * * * /../XXX > XX.log 2>/dev/null

With this you're telling cron to run your script at 15.30, 15.00 and 15.00, since you repeat the 0 minute figure.

/Hacker

Hi Gustavo,

Now ist working fine ,

thanks you