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The hour specifier in "5,17,32,47 * * * *" is "*", so this would count as a wildcard job, and Debian cron would not run it at xx:00. But, if the hour specifier
by cuu508 5y ago
The hour specifier in "5,17,32,47 * * * *" is "*", so this would count as a wildcard job, and Debian cron would not run it at xx:00. But, if the hour specifier started with anything but "*", that would be problematic. For example "5,17,32,47 0-23 * * *" appears equivalent, but Debian cron would run this one four times at xx:00 after a time jump.
Edit: I just ran the second example – https://gist.github.com/cuu508/7e42e5eecd42babf43f8d0dd0d9873a5 https://gist.github.com/cuu508/7e42e5eecd42babf43f8d0dd0d987...
- 0x0 5y agoInteresting, thanks for running it. And yes I guess I got confused with the hour wildcard. So I guess the takeaway is to avoid non-wildcarded hours such as 0-23 or 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7