crontab

how can i add crontab in every 5 minit or every 2 min task should compltd
and for every boot

 

go here
http://www.csgnetwork.com/crongen.html

and put in what you need click calculate
copy it
and in your terminal / putty window
crontab -e
at the bottom of the file
paste in the info

:wq

and wait
to see if its runs

 

Every 5 minutes:

Code:

*/5 * * * * your_command

Every 2 minutes:

Code:

*/2 * * * * your_command

 

multiple crontab

thaku for help but how can i set more than one task in crontab at a time

 

crontab -e

each task on its own line

*/2 * * * * /my/task1
*/2 * * * * /take2/222
*/2 * * * * /moot/11

 

i want to do this using scprit
or is it possible that one user having twwo diffrent crontab file

 

Why do you want to have two crontabs for one user? You can put multiple cron jobs in one crontab, one per line.