run shell script on cron
 

Where can I learn writing shell scripts? I want to run a shell script via Cron daily...
plz help

Re: run shell script on cron
 

in your command line give

crontab -e

insert this line,this will run every night 09.30 PM

30 21 * * * /home/username/www/scriptname

check the execute permissions of script


To know more about shell scripting refer following links
http://www.freeos.com/guides/lsst/
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/

Good Scripting info:
http://linuxreviews.org/beginner/Bas...tion-HOWTO/en/

Some additional good Cron stuff:
http://linuxweblog.com/node/24

KC

How can I run a shell comman daily at particular time with cron??
Do I need to write a shell script for that command and run that shell script on cron??
Plz help

That i said already, put your cron entry in your crontab , look my above post, and change the time according to u