The man page for crontab is very clear in defining how the columns are laid out. The 02 4 says to do it at 4:02am. Read the manpage on crontab Jeffrey jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Sullivan" <msulli1355@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 11:52 AM Subject: updatedb at inconvenien times > Is there a guide somewhere that will tell me column headings for > crontab? The row for cron.daily says: > > 02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily > > but there are no column headings to tell me what each of those columns > means. I'll start leaving the computer on at night anyway.... > > -Michael Sullivan- > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list