Hey guys ive been searching ways on backing up files from my samba server; however, since I am still new to linux, some of the terminologies are not comfortable to me, so I need someone to kindly guide me through with patience =)

anyhow

I am a little confused on where to place the command "rsync -azvh [src] [dst]

can I just type "crontab -u [user] -e" and type it in there?
or can I type it in crontab.daily and crontab.weekly

example:
cd /etc/
vim cron.daily
1 12 * * * rsync -azvh /file user@server:/filebackup

thanks a bunch guys!

You should never edit crontab directly. Use:
to edit the crontab for the user currently logged in.

I can recommend to put your backup command in a script file, test it and only then place it in crontab. It is no fun to wait 12 hours and see the command failing.

Note that you cannot make any assumptions about paths and environment in cron. Use absolute path names for every command and file in your bash script.

jlinkels

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Thank you =)

I will give this a try and let you know if i receive any errors is the next days =)

btw, so what is cron.daily, cron.monthly, etc used for if it is always best to use crontab -e? does it automatically get placed in that file?

see man cron, those things are explained in it.