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Setup Cron Job

crontab -l (list)crontab: no crontab for james
export EDITOR=nano   //default vi
crontab -e (edit)
* * * * * command to be executed

– – – – –

| | | | |

| | | |+—– day of week (0 – 6) (where 0 represents Sunday and 6 represents Saturday)

| | | +——- month (1 – 12)

| | +——— day of month (1 – 31)

| +———– hour (0 – 23)+————- min (0 – 59)

Hourly at ‘0’


// every 15 minutes

0,15,30,45 * * * * cd /Users/james/Sites/local/api/sensor/; php -q GenerateWaterEventPush.php


// every 5 minutes

0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * cd /Users/james/Sites/local/api/sensor/; php -q GenerateWaterEventPush.php


// Stop cron job  -> crontab -e -> remove above -> save -> do crontab -l to verify

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