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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Schedule backup with crontab/tar Post 302851367 by Float on Sunday 8th of September 2013 11:24:42 AM
Old 09-08-2013
I just did this
Code:
Float@Float-Laptop /cygdrive/c/users/eirik
$ crontab -e
no crontab for Float - using an empty one
crontab: installing new crontab

Float@Float-Laptop /cygdrive/c/users/eirik
$ crontab -l
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
# (/tmp/crontab.nuaNGRIUgE installed on Sun Sep  8 17:11:48 2013)
# (Cron version V5.0 -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.12 2004/01/23 18:56:42 vixie Exp $)
15 17 * * 7 tar cf important.tar important

and had no result. If this really is supposed to work, then I suspect that my terminal (Cygwin) might be bugged. Whenever I open crontab -e, I have to mash the keyboard for a bit before what I type comes visible, and if I try to paste code, then only the latter part of the code will be pasted. For example, when pasting
Code:
45 15 * * 6 tar cf Important.tar Important

What shows up is
Code:
mportant.tar Important

and there is a red alert in the bottom saying
Code:
E348: No string under cursor

Also, only occosionally when I push the Escape button I get to go on to type :wq to exit crontab -e. Usually when I press Esc, the code will just copy/paste itself some 20-30 times instead. There's also some other strange stuff going on, like when I use the arrow keys; sometimes it makes the "cursor" - the line that shows where I type - move, like it should, and other times it makes the letter A,B,C and D appear on the line above or below the code. This doesn't make much sense to me, but eventually I always get the code I want and I'm able to leave crontab, like now. As you can see, the code is as it should be. but maybe there's some invisible strange stuff going on here, messing up my crontab/tar scheme?
Last edited by Float; 09-08-2013 at 12:48 PM..
 

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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

gnome-schedule

GNOME-SCHEDULE(1)					      General Commands Manual						 GNOME-SCHEDULE(1)

NAME

       gnome-schedule - GNOME GUI for users' crontabs

SYNOPSIS

       gnome-schedule [option...]

DESCRIPTION

       gnome-schedule is a graphical user interface that leverages the power of cron or anacron and at to manage a user's crontab file and provide
       an easy way to schedule tasks. It supports recurrent tasks and tasks that happen only once in the future.  The  user  interface	translates
       cron strings into human-readible form for ease-of-use, but also has an expert option for those familiar with the cron file format.

       For documentation on interactive use of gnome-schedule, select the Help menu option while running the program.

OPTIONS

       gnome-schedule  supports  the standard GTK+ and GNOME command-line options, most of which need not be used except in special circumstances.
       To view a complete list, see gnome-schedule --help.

BUGS

       There are currently no known bugs. If you encounter one, please report it using reportbug gnome-schedule.

SEE ALSO

       cron(8), crontab(1), crontab(5), anacron(1), at(1)

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by David Moreno Garza <damog@debian.org>, and revised by Christine Spang <christine@debian.org> for the Debian
       project (but may be used by others).

								 November 22, 2007						 GNOME-SCHEDULE(1)
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