Re: Trigger problem

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 50914
interpreted = N
texte = :-) I have to chime in here. I've seen this question pop up many times as Brian mentioned. My question is, would it not be worth while to go over the scheduling system of this mechanism to reform it into something more intuitive? I still make mistakes to this day. I think about the scheduling system in the Retrospect Backup application when I think of a user friendly system. The retrospect backup system is all checkboxes and inputs... doesn't seem like it would be too difficult to replicate. Just a thought.SCOTT.. What do you think about this idea?DonovanBrian Fries wrote:> You are making a common mistake in understanding the meaning of the > trigger schedule. > > Your settings say to execute the trigger on every year in every > month on the first day at time 00:00:00 (midnight). > > The 1 for the day does NOT mean to execute every one day, it means > to execute when the day number is 1 (may 1, june 1, etc.). > > To execute daily, you want to set the day value to * (every day), and > set the hour, minute, and second values to specify the time of day you > want the trigger to execute. > > - brian > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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:-) I have to chime in here. I've seen this question pop up many times as Brian mentioned. My question is, would it not be worth while to go over the scheduling system of this mechanism to reform it into something more intuitive? I still make mistakes to this day. I think about the scheduling system in the Retrospect Backup application when I think of a user friendly system. The retrospect backup system is all checkboxes and inputs... doesn't seem like it would be too difficult to replicate. Just a thought.SCOTT.. What do you think about this idea?DonovanBrian Fries wrote:> You are making a common mistake in understanding the meaning of the > trigger schedule. > > Your settings say to execute the trigger on every year in every > month on the first day at time 00:00:00 (midnight). > > The 1 for the day does NOT mean to execute every one day, it means > to execute when the day number is 1 (may 1, june 1, etc.). > > To execute daily, you want to set the day value to * (every day), and > set the hour, minute, and second values to specify the time of day you > want the trigger to execute. > > - brian > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Donovan home EHG

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