CRON Time Format |
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FTP Replication Monitor supports UNIX style CRON time formatting. It provides extreme flexibility and power for time scheduling.
CRON format is the instruction for FTP Replication Monitor 'Execute the task at this time on this date'.
"Periodically" schedule type
Some predefined time profiles can be selected from the lists after the time interval. If you are in familiar with CRON language or you need more complex type of schedule mark Advanced box:
The allowed values for time and date fields are represented in the table:
Field allowed |
Values |
minute |
0-59 |
hour |
0-23 |
day of month |
1-31 |
month |
1-12 |
day of week |
0-6 |
For day of week 0 is Sunday.
A field may be an asterisk (*), which means all number between the first and the last'.
A field may contain a plus (+), which means the interval of task execution.
Ranges of numbers are allowed. Ranges are two numbers separated with a hyphen. The specified range is inclusive. For example, 9-11 for an "hours" entry specifies the task execution at hours 9, 10 and 11.
Lists are allowed. A list is a set of numbers (or ranges) separated by commas. For example: "1,2,5,9", "0-4,8-12".
Examples:
Time format |
Description |
+1 * * * * |
execute task every minute |
0 0 * * * |
execute task every midnight |
0 +12 * * 1-5 |
execute task at midnight and in the afternoon from Monday to Friday |
0 0 1 * * |
execute task at midnight at the end of every month |
0 0 * * 6 |
execute task at midnight on Saturday |
15 +6 * * * |
execute task at 15 minute every 6 hours (0:15, 6:15, 12:15, 18:15) |
0 8-16 * * 1-5 |
execute task at the beginning of every hour from 8 to 16 all work days |
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