Cronjobs and Loops

[vaio1]

Hi guys,

how can I set a cronjob on the Fedora 7?

I have written the following command in the /etc/crontab file:

SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=root
HOME=/


# php cronjobs

#It starts all saturday at 06:00
#* 6 * * 6 lynx -dump http://www.example.com/action.php

# The Job starts every day at 05:00.
#* 5 * * * lynx -dump http://www.example.com/action1.php

# The Job starts every saturday at 04:00
#* 4 * * 6 lynx -dump http://www.example.com/action2.php

# The Job start every saturday at 24:00.
#* 0 * * 6 lynx -dump http://www.example.com/action3.php

# The Job starts at 23:00 of each Saturday
#* 23 * * 6 lynx -dump http://www.example.com/action4.php

# run-parts
01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
~
~

but the operations have been repeated many times.
which is the mistake?

Was I likely wrong with the time settings and the actions are repeated many times?

Thanks

[till]

Do not edit /etc/crontab file manually.

Instead, run the command:

crontab -e

and insert the line for your cronjob.

[vaio1]

The problem is the loop.
Maybe there is an error here:
* 6 * * 6 lynx -dump http://www.example.com/action.php

the first asterix are the minutes. To execute it only one time, have I to set this parameter to zero?

thanks

[till]

Please tell me in words, when exactly and how often shall the cronjob beeing executed?

[vaio1]

I would like to start a php page at the saturday morning at the 6am o' clock

[falko]

Try this:

0 6 * * 6 lynx -dump http://www.example.com/action.php