This page will help you quickly and easily set up a cron job to run every 8 days at 3:30 pm.
The Cron Job/Crontab
To have your task run at this frequency, use the following cron:
30 15 */8 * *
This cron command translates to the following (in Human-Readable format):
“Every 8 days at 3:30 pm.”
What is a Cron Job & Crontab?
A cron job is a task that is scheduled to run at a specified time or interval. Cron jobs are commonly used to automate system maintenance or administration tasks, such as running backups or sending emails.
A crontab is a table or list of commands that are scheduled to run at specified times. The commands in a crontab file (also called a “cron table”) are normally executed by the cron daemon, which runs in the background and executes these commands automatically.
Cron Fields
Every cron job uses five fields. Here is an explanation of what each field does in this cron, which runs “every 8 days at 3:30 pm“:
FUN FACT: You can use cron to schedule just about anything!.
Use Cases
You might want to set up a crontab or cron job to run every 8 days at 3:30 pm for several reasons, including:
- Sending a daily summary email to all users of a service
- Removing temporary files that are more than a week old
- Backing up data to remote storage once per week
- Restarting a web server every eight days to apply security updates
Similar Cron Jobs
You might also want to run a crontab:
- every 1 day
- every 10 days
- every 8 days
- every 4 days
- every 7 days
- every 8 days at 2:00 am
- every 5 days at 5:30 pm
FUN FACT: One common use for cron jobs is to send out email reminders or notifications based on certain events (such as an upcoming deadline)..
Wrapping Up
In this article, you learned how to set up a cron job that runs every 8 days at 3:30 pm. 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.