[SOLVED] Crontab help required

pinga123 · 04-12-2010, 06:16 AM

How would i run /usr/local/sbin/copyfile.sh at 8 p.m today.

What should i write in crontab -e ?

PMP · 04-12-2010, 06:24 AM

A quick Googling can answer your question.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron
http://www.unixgeeks.org/security/ne...ix/cron-1.html

Sayan Acharjee · 04-12-2010, 06:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pinga123

How would i run /usr/local/sbin/copyfile.sh at 8 p.m today.

What should i write in crontab -e ?

Try this entry in crontab:

Quote:

0 20 12 4 1 /usr/local/sbin/copyfile.sh

pinga123 · 04-13-2010, 03:31 AM

Thanks my problem solved by adding following to cron tab.

00 23 12 4 mon /usr/local/sbin/copyfile.sh

PMP · 04-13-2010, 03:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pinga123

Thanks my problem solved by adding following to cron tab.

00 23 12 4 mon /usr/local/sbin/copyfile.sh

Is this solution actually does what you explained as the problem.
This will execute the script at 23:00 (11:00 PM).

Please close the thread (using thread tool at the top) if this is solved.

pinga123 · 04-14-2010, 12:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PMP

Is this solution actually does what you explained as the problem.
This will execute the script at 23:00 (11:00 PM).

Please close the thread (using thread tool at the top) if this is solved.

You are right I later changed the time to 11:00PM