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When a cron job is set to "run every 5 minutes", does it run every 5 minutes from the moment it's added?

When a cron job is set to "run every 5 minutes", does it run a) every 5 minutes from the moment it's added, or b) every 5 minutes from the zero-minute mark?

For example, if a 5-minute cron job is added at 10:17, does it run as per schedule a):

10:22
10:27
10:32
etc..

or schedule b):

10:20
10:25
10:30
etc...

?

Solution

  • */5 in the minutes field means "from first to last, every 5 minutes", so it will start running at 0 minutes past the hour and every 5 minutes thereafter.