Thread: Help with Crontab

i read howto here , here.

i'm trying scripts set run @ 1 hour intervals using cron.

crontab file:
* */1 * * * ~/rsync

i'm doing wrong, since rsync script runs every minute , not sure how fix runs every hour.

assistance welcome, google-fu failing give me other howtos (and none of them show how set hourly task)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cron#crontab_syntax

if want run every hour makes sense pick minute (such zeroth minute) , do
0 * * * (whatever)

what's happening yours evaluates hour divisible 1, , runs every minute during hour when hour divisible 1 (which every hour, runs every minute of every hour).

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