Cron Job Every 3 Days At 12:30 am (Crontab)

This page will help you quickly and easily set up a cron job to run every 3 days at 12:30 am.

The Cron Job/Crontab

To have your task run at this frequency, use the following cron:

30 0 */3 * *

This cron command translates to the following (in Human-Readable format):

“Every 3 days at 12:30 am.”

What is a Cron Job & Crontab?

A cron job is a task that is scheduled to run at a specific time or interval. Cron jobs are typically used for maintenance tasks, such as backing up data or updating software.

A crontab is a text file containing a list of commands that are executed at specified times. The commands in the crontab are executed by the cron daemon, which runs in the background and checks for new entries every minute.

Cron Fields

Every cron job uses five fields. Here is an explanation of what each field does in this cron, which runs “every 3 days at 12:30 am“:

Field 1: (30) indicates that the task will be run at minute 30.

Field 2: (0) indicates that the task will be run at hour 0 (12 am).

Field 3: (*/3) indicates that the task will be run every 3 days.

Field 4: (*) indicates that the task will be run every month.

Field 5: (*) indicates that the task will be run every day of the week.

 

FUN FACT: If you want to see what commands are scheduled in your crontab, type: “crontab -l”.

Use Cases

You might want to set up a crontab or cron job to run every 3 days at 12:30 am for several reasons, including:

• Automatically backing up databases
• Archiving log files
• Generating reports
• Fetching data from remote servers
• Calling web APIs

Similar Cron Jobs

You might also want to run a crontab:

• every 10 days
• every 9 days
• every 6 days
• every 5 days
• every 1 day
• every 7 days
• every 7 days at 8:00 pm
• every 8 days at 8:30 pm
• every 5 days at 2:30 pm

FUN FACT: If you need to delete a cron job, simply remove the corresponding line from the crontab file and save your changes..

Wrapping Up

In this article, you learned how to set up a cron job that runs every 3 days at 12:30 am. Please share this page with friends and colleagues if you find it useful.

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If you are looking for cron jobs that run at certain minutes, hours, days, weekdays, or months, or if you are looking for miscellaneous cron jobs, then check out our relevant sections, or visit our cron job cheat sheet for a list of hundreds of popular cron jobs.