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unix crontab and longest interval

2008-03-21 14:47:56 CET | 10 Comments | Tags: , ,

simple brain teaser:

given standard unix crontab what is the longest possible interval between calls to the same program?

for example:

15 */2 * * * /bin/echo x

has interval 2 hours.

what is the longest possible? and how to make it?