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Tag: brain teaser

unix crontab and longest interval

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?

Posted on 2008-03-212016-04-04|Tags brain teaser, cron, unix|10 Comments on unix crontab and longest interval

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