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Is it possible to schedule every hour on the half hour?

Asked by Martin Fisher

I would like to schedule backups to run every hour but on the half hour rather than on the hour. I thought that entering '30 */1' in Custom hours would do this but I can only enter '*/1'. Is there any way to schedule in this way?
With thanks!

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Germar (germar) said : 		#1

Hi Martin!
No, sorry. There is no such function. But you could copy the line in 'crontab -e', deactivate the schedule in BIT, paste the line again in 'crontab -e' and edit it for your needs.

Regards,
Germar

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Martin Fisher (yusuf-martin) said : 		#2

Hi Germar!

Many thanks, that worked perfectly - you are always very helpful.

All the best, Martin

In case anybody else finds their way to this thread, here is how you do it:

(1) Ctrl-Alt-T to open a terminal window
(2) Type crontab -e
(3) The command for running this backup starts with 30 */1 * * * (the backup will run every 30 minutes past the hour, every hour.