Cron job every minute, specify seconds offset

Question

I configure the cron job in Cpanel, and it works when setting it to * * * * * , every minute.

However I dont want it to execute at the beginning of every minute, I want to specify an offset, like 7 seconds after the start of each minute.

I thought I would specify that by doing */7 * * * * But that doesn't work, I think it executes every 7th minute. There is no setting for "seconds" in cpanel. There is only "Minute Hour Day Month Weekday". So, is it possible to configure this?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 11 '18 at 20:30

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have a look at this

* * * * * ( sleep 7 ; /path/to/executable param1 param2 )

answered Feb 11 '18 at 20:30

Derviş Kayımbaşıoğlu

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Yes I just came to think of "sleep", to use the php function in my cron script. Is it more recommendable to add it in cpanel in the command field like you proposed, I thought I could addd "sleep(7) " in my script, or maybe it doesn't matter? – Galivan Feb 11 '18 at 20:37
You dont need add it in your php code. Just use this approach which is quite native to cron and shell script – Derviş Kayımbaşıoğlu Feb 11 '18 at 20:41
My command begins with "php -q" , do I add "sleep 7;" before php? – Galivan Feb 11 '18 at 21:24
is it possible to send whole line? `* * * * * ( sleep 7 ;php -q whateverScript.php )` if I understand correctly – Derviş Kayımbaşıoğlu Feb 11 '18 at 21:40

Cron job every minute, specify seconds offset

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