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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Schedule backup with crontab/tar Post 302851371 by MadeInGermany on Sunday 8th of September 2013 11:56:18 AM
Old 09-08-2013
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Originally Posted by edfair
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I understood that you were proposing saving the tarball in the same directory that you were tarring.
And I understood there is no such problem: directory /cygdrive/c/users/float/Important/ backed up to the separate file /cygdrive/c/users/float/Important.tar
And the tar command directly run from cron - quite okay.

---------- Post updated at 10:56 AM ---------- Previous update was at 10:31 AM ----------

You obviously are struggling with a kind of vi editor.
It has got two modes. It starts in command mode, where cursor keys work and commands like :wq can be done. With the i key you enter the insert mode. With the Esc key you return to command mode.
More help:
Code:
man vi

Or google for: vi quick reference

Last edited by MadeInGermany; 09-08-2013 at 12:39 PM..
 

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CRON(8) 						      System Manager's Manual							   CRON(8)

NAME
cron - clock daemon SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/cron DESCRIPTION
Cron executes commands at specified dates and times according to the instructions in the files /etc/crontab and /etc/crontab.local. None, either one, or both of these files may be present. Since cron never exits, it should only be executed once. This is best done by running cron from the initialization process through the file /etc/rc; see init(8). The crontab files consist of lines of seven fields each. The fields are separated by spaces or tabs. The first five are integer patterns to specify: o minute (0-59) o hour (0-23) o day of the month (1-31) o month of the year (1-12) o day of the week (1-7 with 1 = Monday) Each of these patterns may contain: o a number in the range above o two numbers separated by a minus meaning a range inclusive o a list of numbers separated by commas meaning any of the numbers o an asterisk meaning all legal values The sixth field is a user name: the command will be run with that user's uid and permissions. The seventh field consists of all the text on a line following the sixth field, including spaces and tabs; this text is treated as a command which is executed by the Shell at the specified times. A percent character (``%'') in this field is translated to a new-line character. Both crontab files are checked by cron every minute, on the minute. FILES
/etc/crontab /etc/crontab.local 7th Edition October 23, 1996 CRON(8)
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