Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 14:47:29 -0700
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.setup, comp.os.linux.misc

>      i want a perl script to be executed every minute.
> so i setup cron like this
>
> crontab -e
>
> "0-59" * * * * /root/script.pl
>
> But it doesn't seem to be executing it.

It always helps to read the documentation.

or

0-59 * * * * /root/script.pl # one minute intervals

and, a really cool feature, for intervals other than one minute:

0-59/4 * * * * /root/script.pl # four-minute intervals

0-59/8 * * * * /root/script.pl # eight-minute intervals

Paul Lutus