Run Cron Job every 2 minutes interval

[Database Administrator]

Hi All

I want my cron job to run at every 2 minutes interval in all hours,
days, months etc.
OS - Sun Solaris
Release Level -5.10

I tried with */2 * * * * filename but it failed.

How to do that?

Regards
Prachet

[Database Administrator]

On 2008-11-14 20:25:17 +0000, Prachet said:

> Hi All
>
> I want my cron job to run at every 2 minutes interval in all hours,
> days, months etc.
> OS - Sun Solaris
> Release Level -5.10
>
> I tried with */2 * * * * filename but it failed.
>
> How to do that?

Try 'man crontab' on your Solaris box to find out the format of each field.

--
Chris

[Database Administrator]

On Nov 14, 12:25 pm, Prachet wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I want my cron job to run at every 2 minutes interval in all hours,
> days, months etc.
> OS - Sun Solaris
> Release Level -5.10
>
> I tried with */2 * * * * filename but it failed.
>
> How to do that?
>
> Regards
> Prachet

Try this -- all on one line --

0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,28,30,32,34,3 6,38,40,42,44,46,48,49,50,52,54,56,58
* * * * filename

Sure, it looks inelegant, but elegance costs extra. Remember, my
advice is worth every penny you paid for it!

Alternatively, use "at" instead of "cron". Set up a script:

#!/bin/sh
# Script named "myScript"
at now + 2 minutes < /pathTo/myScript
!
..... perform my script functions ...
#end myScript

Hope that's helpful.