Cron Timing

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

> Hello All
>
> I know that you can get cron to do something "every x". For example to
> have something run every 15 min you would do
>
> */15  *  *  *  * php /path/to/script.php
>
> But now I have a whole bunch of these set up and having them all run at
> exactly the same time is causing issues.
>
> Is there any way to stagger these? Like tell it to run every 15 min + 2
> min so it runs at 02, 17, 32, and 47 minutes past the hour?

You mean like
2,17,32,47 * * * * php /path/to/script.php
?

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