R rafcarter Guest Oct 12, 2005 #1 Can you tell me exactly what the cron job would look like if I wanted to delete all files under /home/files every 6 hours every day ?
Can you tell me exactly what the cron job would look like if I wanted to delete all files under /home/files every 6 hours every day ?
J jamesyeeoc Guest Oct 12, 2005 #2 It would look like: Code: * */6 * * * rm -rf /home/files/* >/dev/null 2>&1 Which corresponds to: Code: Min Hr DM M DW Command * */6 * * * rm -rf /home/files/* >/dev/null 2>&1 The ">/dev/null" shovels the output to the bit bucket, the "2>&1" shovels errors (2) to stdout (&1) which of course goes to the bit bucket...
It would look like: Code: * */6 * * * rm -rf /home/files/* >/dev/null 2>&1 Which corresponds to: Code: Min Hr DM M DW Command * */6 * * * rm -rf /home/files/* >/dev/null 2>&1 The ">/dev/null" shovels the output to the bit bucket, the "2>&1" shovels errors (2) to stdout (&1) which of course goes to the bit bucket...
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