When defining a cronjob, there are five fields used to specify when the job will run. What are these - Answer: c When creating a cronjob, the time fields must be entered in the order of minute, hour, day of the month, month and day of the week.

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Question: When defining a cronjob, there are five fields used to specify when the job will run. What are these fields and what is the correct order?

Choose one:
a. minute, hour, day of week, day of month, month
b. minute, hour, month, day of month, day of week
c. minute, hour, day of month, month, day of week
d. hour, minute, day of month, month, day of week

Answer: Answer: c

When creating a cronjob, the time fields must be entered in the order of minute, hour, day of the month, month and day of the week.

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Question: When defining a cronjob, there are five fields used to specify when the job will run. What are these fields and what is the correct order?

Choose one:
a. minute, hour, day of week, day of month, month
b. minute, hour, month, day of month, day of week
c. minute, hour, day of month, month, day of week
d. hour, minute, day of month, month, day of week

Answer:

Answer: c

When creating a cronjob, the time fields must be entered in the order of minute, hour, day of the month, month and day of the week. Source: CoolInterview.com

Actually there six fields which are:

Minute
Hour
Day of Month
Month
Day of Week
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