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Re:Crontab.guru – cron schedule expression editor by hartator on Thursday October 03, 2019 @05:43PM (#21152569)
> Description=Run foo weekly and on boot

I hate this kind of syntax.

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Re:Crontab.guru – cron schedule expression editor by danellis on Thursday October 03, 2019 @05:51PM (#21152628)
What syntax? It's free text.
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Re:Crontab.guru – cron schedule expression editor by hartator on Thursday October 03, 2019 @06:00PM (#21152701)
Oh you are right.

Well the actual syntax is even worse:

[Timer] OnBootSec=15min OnUnitActiveSec=1w

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Re:Crontab.guru – cron schedule expression editor by yrro on Friday October 04, 2019 @06:45AM (#21156412)
What would you prefer?
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