Knowledge Management

Cron Schedule question

jacqu3sy
Path Finder

What Cron could I use to schedule a search to only run between the hours of 18:00 through until 08:00 the next day?

I'm not sure it's possible.

The idea is that a search should only run Out Of Hours, whereby an email notification will be sent to get someone out of bed, should a poisitive reuslt be found off the search.

Any ideas?

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi jacqu3sy,
try

0 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,18,19,20,21,22,23 * * *

Bye.
Giuseppe

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rbreton
Path Finder

This might be easier to read...

  • 0 18-7 * * *
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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi jacqu3sy,
try

0 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,18,19,20,21,22,23 * * *

Bye.
Giuseppe

jacqu3sy
Path Finder

yeah that works thanks.

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davebrooking
Contributor

Hopefully this will give you some ideas on how to do that

Dave

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