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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Schedule backup with crontab/tar Post 302851173 by Float on Saturday 7th of September 2013 09:58:12 AM
Old 09-07-2013
Schedule backup with crontab/tar
Hello all, I am a complete newbie to Unix and therefor also to this forum. I have an assignment for Uni, and need your help to understand something.

I need to use crontab and tar to schedule a weekly backup of a folder and its contents. I want the tarball to be stored in the users/float directory. The folder name is Important, and is found in /users/float.

Code:
Float@Float-Laptop /cygdrive/c/users/float
$ crontab -e
no crontab for Float - using an empty one
crontab: installing new crontab

Float@Float-Laptop /cygdrive/c/users/float
$ crontab -l
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
# (/tmp/crontab.q7dIlq7ckg installed on Sat Sep  7 15:42:49 2013)
# (Cron version V5.0 -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.12 2004/01/23 18:56:42 vixie Exp $)
45 15 * * 6 tar cvf Important.tar Important

I expected "Important.tar" to show up in users/float at 15.45 Today, but it didn't. Why? I am using Cygwin on my laptop which runs Windows 7.
Last edited by Scott; 09-08-2013 at 08:26 AM.. Reason: Code tags for quote tags
 

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