Crontab example
Dec 07
Crontab example
Thu, 2006-12-07 21:09 — superuser
To edit crontab firstly run crontab -e
You might all this below useful to have a reference in the file itself, it's fairly self explanatory
# (Use to post in the top of your crontab) # ------------- minute (0 - 59) # | ----------- hour (0 - 23) # | | --------- day of month (1 - 31) # | | | ------- month (1 - 12) # | | | | ----- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0) # | | | | | # * * * * * command to be executed 0,20,40 * * * * /var/www/scripts/cron-curl.sh 2>&1 >> /dev/null 30 6 * * * /root/automysqlbackup.sh 2>&1 >> /dev/null
The first runs on the hour, 20 past and 20 to every hour, every hour,day,month,week
Also note rather than using 0,20,40 you can use */20 for every 20 minutes - it's obviously quicker to use */2 than 0,2,4,6,8 etc.
The second runs every day at 6:30 (AM)
By default cron jobs sends a email to the user account executing the cronjob, the 2>&1 >> /dev/null prevents this
crontab -l lists the current jobs whilst
crontab -r removes them
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