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In a crontab the job to be executed is scheduled as follows . 10 06 * 8 6 Job to be scheduled Which of the following statement is true?

  1. Command will be executed on every Sunday in 06:10 in September

  2. Command will be executed on every Saturday at 10:06 in August

  3. Command will be executed on every Sunday at 10:06 in September

  4. Command will be executed on every Saturday at 6:10 in August
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Crontab format is: minute hour day_of_month month day_of_week. The entry '10 06 * 8 6' means: 10th minute, 6th hour, any day, August (8th month), Saturday (6 = day 0-6 where 0=Sunday, 6=Saturday). Therefore the command runs at 6:10 AM on every Saturday in August. Option D correctly states this interpretation.

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