A junior systems administrator is creating a cron job. The cron job requirements are as follows: - Run the hello.sh script every hour (24 times in one day). - Run it on Monday only. Given this scenari

The correct answer is A. 0 *** 1 hello.sh. Just as it hits 0 minutes in the day, cron job runs the task. For example, 00:00, 01:00, 02:00 and so on. If it hits 0 minute 24 times, that takes care of every hour in the day. (If not every hour then it would have been *) The 1 in 5th position represent Monday. You can use 1 or

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A junior systems administrator is creating a cron job. The cron job requirements are as follows:

Run the hello.sh script every hour (24 times in one day).
Run it on Monday only.

Given this scenario, which of the following crontab options should be configured to meet these requirements?

Options

A0 *** 1 hello.sh
B0 24 ** Monday hello.sh
C24 *** Monday hello.sh
D1 *** 0 hello.sh

How the community answered

(21 responses)

A
71% (15)
B
5% (1)
C
14% (3)
D
10% (2)

Explanation

Just as it hits 0 minutes in the day, cron job runs the task. For example, 00:00, 01:00, 02:00 and so on. If it hits 0 minute 24 times, that takes care of every hour in the day. (If not every hour then it would have been *) The 1 in 5th position represent Monday. You can use 1 or mon but not Monday.

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#cron#crontab syntax#job scheduling#automation

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