Multiple choice technology operating systems

0 12 14 2 * mailx john%Happy Birthday!%Time for lunch. 14 in the above crontab file specifies

  1. hour

  2. minutes

  3. month of year

  4. None of the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The crontab format is: minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week command. In '0 12 14 2 ', the fields are: minute=0, hour=12, day-of-month=14, month=2, day-of-week=. The 14 specifies day of month, which is not listed in options A-C. Option D is correct.

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