Run a cron job every 5 minutes between two times

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Published on 2010-04-21T20:37:21Z Indexed on 2010/04/21 20:44 UTC
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Is there a way to specify a job that runs every 5 minutes between some start time and some end time on business days in a crontab?

Update I think it's relevant that my start and end times are not at round hours. So, specifying 9-5 in the hour column isn't enough. I want 9:30-17:30.

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