Executing scripts is possible as follows:
- Manually – manual execution using O&O Syspectr
- Automatically during system start – the script runs at each system start up
- Automatically at certain times – the times can be specified using crontab-Syntax
Syntax of scheduling
If the user-defined execution is enabled, the scripts can be run automatically. The line consists of the following 5 fields:
[Minutes] [Hours] [Days] [Months] [Weekdays]
Definition of fields
| Field | Valid values | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Minutes | 0...59 | * for each minute | |
| Hours | 0...23 | * for each hour | |
| Days | 1...31 | * for each day | If days and weekdays are used together, they are not evaluated together but individually (see exception on examples) |
| Months | 1...12 | * for each month | |
| Weekdays | 0...7 | * for each weekday | 0 or 7 stand for Sunday |
Examples for scheduling with O&O Syspectr
| [Minutes] | [Hours] | [Days] | [Months] | [Weekdays] | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 0 | * | * | * | Each day ten minutes to midnight. |
| 10 | 0 | * | * | 3 | Each Wednesday ten minutes to midnight. |
| 0 | * | * | * | * | Every day on each full hour |
| */15 | 4-16 | * | * | 6,7 | Every 15 minutes between 4 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. |
| * | * | * | * | * | Every minute (minimal setting option) |
| * | 14 | 1-10 | 5 | 1 | On May 1 to 10 and on each Monday in May at 2 p.m.; This is an exception, when days and weekdays are used together |
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