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what does /path/to refer to in entering a cron job

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I want to create a cron job which will run every 5 minutes. I have understood the concept of setting the condition of 'every five minutes' from a previous answer on the same topic. However, i do not understand the part where it says /path/to command. i have the format for every 5 minutes as */5 * * * * and i have set root as the user. The job i want to be have run every 5 minutes is executed by the following command

snmpbulkwalk -v 2c -c public -OXsq  172.16.1.210 

      .1.3.6.1.2.1.3.1.1.2 > /tmp/S01_ARP.txt

How can i add this cron job properly

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answered 2 Years ago sigtestim · Accepted Answer

The /path/to/command is the the path to the bin file of your command snmpbulkwalk. When you run snmpbulkwalk, you're actually running its binary file which is located probably in /bin or /usr/bin. To find out what this path is, run which snmpbulkwalk. Let's say this returns /usr/bin/snmpbulkwalk. Therefore, your cronjob would be:

*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/snmpbulkwalk -v 2c -c public -OXsq  172.16.1.210 .1.3.6.1.2.1.3.1.1.2 > /tmp/S01_ARP.txt