Re: stupidly simple crontab problem

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Hello Gary,


On Wed, 17 Nov 2021 11:15:52 +0000 Gary Stainburn <gary.stainburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> This is crazy but I can't see the answer.  In my system crontab I've added a job to stop the music system at 10:59 on the 11th November, and restart it at 11:02 on the 11th November
> 
> # m    h    dom    mon  dow    user    command
>    59  10     *     11    *     root     /bin/squeezy -all -off  >>/var/log/newplaylist 2>&1
>    02  11     *     11    *     root     /root/bin/newplaylist  >/var/log/newplaylist 2>&1
> 
> However, it's doing this every day.  Can anyone see what's wrong?

> # m    h    dom    mon  dow    user    command
>    59  10     *     11   ..
                ^

This * makes it run for all days of the 11th month.
Should you use, instead:
   59  10    11     11   ..


Regards,

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