cron errors running script every 5 mins

[smithia6]

Hi I am trying to set up cron jobs on a Sun Solaris 8 server and getting nothing but errors back.

I want my 2 scripts to run every 5 mins.

I have tried this:-

*/5 05-22 * * 1-5 /export/home/smithia6/myscript1.sh
and I get this :-
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.

I have tried this:-
0-59/5 05-22 * * 1-5 /export/home/smithia6/myscript1.sh
I get this :-
crontab: error on previous line; unexpected character found in line.

I have tried this :-
5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55,60 05-22 * * 1-5 /export/home/smithia6/myscript1.sh
And I get this:-
crontab: error on previous line; number out of bounds.

Can anyone help I am running out of things to try.

Regards

Ian

 

[dbase77]

Hi,

have you check you script? When you said error, did you get the error when you save the cron job or when you run the program?

dbase77

 

[smithia6]

I create the cron jobs in a text file I call crontab.txt.

Once I am happy with it I issue the following command.

crontab crontab.txt

This usually works fine, I check it by doing a crontab -l

However these errors are occurring whilst issuing the command crontab crontab.txt

Regards

Ian

 

[mrmac228]

You can only have 0-59 for the minutes, 60 is invalid and hence the error. The other things you have tried are just wrong.
minute (0-59),
hour (0-23),
day of the month (1-31),
month of the year (1-12),
day of the week (0-6 with 0=Sunday).

try
0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 05-22 * * 1-5 /export/home/smithia6/myscript1.sh


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[smithia6]

Ahhhhhh that did the trick, I got carried away with the 5,10,15,20 etc ... didn't know when to stop.

Regards

Ian