Reference fcron

Location Codes

Run the command
[bash]
fcrontab -e
# note some systems use crontab etc
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That will open the cron jobs file
0 * * * * rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
| | | |
| | | ` Day of the week
| | ` — Month
| ` —– Day of the month
` ——– Hour
` ———– Minute
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Allowed Values

field: allowed values:
minute: 0-59
hour: 0-23
day of month: 1-31
month: 1-12 (or names, see below)
day of week: 0-7 (0 and 7 are both Sunday, or names)

Example

[bash]
5 10 31 * 7 echo ”
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echo will only be executed days which are a Sunday AND a 31th, at 10:05.

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