Crontab

Posted by Martin Perron on Sep 28, 2007 in HowTo - Linux • 2 comments

Crontab syntax :-
A crontab file has five fields for specifying day , date and time  followed by the command to be run at that interval. *     *   *   *    *  command to be executed
-     -    -    -    -
|     |     |     |     |
|     |     |     |     +—– day of week (0 – 6) (Sunday=0)
|     |     |     +——- month (1 – 12)
|     |     +——— day of month (1 – 31)
|     +———– hour (0 – 23)
+————- min (0 – 59)

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  1. Automatize backup with rsync and crontab with date command « Geekzine.org on Feb 5, 2009, 10:32 am:

    [...] the script to your crontab (Crontab syntax: http://geekzine.org/2007/09/28/crontab/): crontab [...]

  2. CrossNodes | iCafeMinds » How to auto backup using rsync on Sep 1, 2009, 1:28 am:

    [...] add this script to your crontab. (Check this link for crontab [...]

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