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From: incs@mindspring.com (INCS)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Cron problems
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 00:02:42 -0400
Organization: Mindspring Enterprises, Inc.
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Hello out there, I need some assitance with setting up my cron/crontab entry.

What i would like to do is ping an address 5 and 40 minute apart  within every 
hour the server is operational.

I readily admit that  know very little about unix,  however I do dabble  and 
will  probably become more familiar with it over time.

My crontab entry is 5,40 * * * * root  /sbin/ping  -c 198.41.0.5

what is wrong? according to the logfiles o enteries were ever logged.


 Thank in advance,   Robert H. Greene