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		hartator on Oct 3, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Crontab.guru – cron schedule expression editor > Description=Run foo weekly and on boot I hate this kind of syntax.

danellis on Oct 3, 2019 [–]

What syntax? It's free text.

hartator on Oct 3, 2019 | [–]

Oh you are right.

Well the actual syntax is even worse:

[Timer] OnBootSec=15min OnUnitActiveSec=1w

yrro on Oct 4, 2019 | | [–]

What would you prefer?

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