running cron on every 10 minutes

Question

I have a python script on my desktop : /home/ceasor/Desktop/script.py In /etc/crontab I wrote

0 */2   * * *   ceasor    sudo python  /home/ceasor/Desktop/script.py

But it is not working?

Answer 1

try this:

*/10 * * * *   ceasor    sudo python  /home/ceasor/script.py

*/10 this will fire cronjob every 10th minute

or you can enumerate every minute that you want it to fire off:

0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * sudo python /home/ceasor/Desktop/script.py

Answer 2

For every ten minutes you need

  */10 * * * *     ceasor         sudo python /home/ceasor/Desktop/script.py

and if the script is in Desktop/ you need to use that path as in my example here.

Answer 3

Your line means runs at 0 minutes every two hours (ie 00:00, 02:00, 04:00, etc).

If you want to run something every 10 minutes :

*/10 * * * *  ceasor    sudo python  /home/ceasor/Desktop/script.py

I took the liberty to correct the wrong path.

FYI, these are the meaning of the values :

         field          allowed values
          -----          --------------
          minute         0-59
          hour           0-23
          day of month   1-31
          month          1-12 (or names, see below)
          day of week    0-7 (0 or 7 is Sun, or use names)
          username       any user from the system
          command        the command you want to run

And if you want to run something as root, you should put root instead of ceasor for the username and drop the sudo.

Answer 4

To run something every ten minutes, I normally put something like the following in my crontab:

0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * sudo python /home/ceasor/Desktop/script.py

Adjust the 0,10,20,... as you need to hit the minutes of the hour you want.