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A script to update a hard drive's free space value
Authored by: Mike Dillingham on Sep 01, '05 12:08:10PM

Just wanted to point out that your crontab entry could be greatly simplified by using "*/5". This means execute every 5 minutes. The entry would then become:

*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/freespace_updater.sh

Do a "man 5 crontab" to see the specifics of this format.



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