Hack 74. Crontab Basic Guide

Using cron you can execute a shell-script or Linux commands at a specific time and date. For example a sysadmin can schedule a backup job that can run every day. How to add a job to the cron? # crontab –e 0 5 * * * /root/bin/backup.sh This will execute /root/bin/backup.sh at 5 a.m every [...]