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Operating Systems Solaris Crontab question Post 302081511 by blowtorch on Wednesday 26th of July 2006 12:19:30 AM
Old 07-26-2006
Jess, here are the FAQs. Check the technical FAQ area in that. There you will find all sorts of links to other threads like date arithmetic and tutorials. Check these out.
 

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NAME
cloudservers - Command-line interface to the Cloud Servers API. SYNOPSIS
cloudservers [ --username USERNAME ] [ --apikey APIKEY ] <subcommand> DESCRIPTION
cloudservers is a command line interface to the Rackspace Cloud Servers API. COMMAND OVERVIEW
cloudservers backup-schedule Show or edit the backup schedule for a server. cloudservers backup-schedule-delete Delete the backup schedule for a server. cloudservers boot Boot a new server. cloudservers delete Immediately shut down and delete a server. cloudservers flavor-list Print a list of available 'flavors' (sizes of servers). cloudservers help Display help about this program or one of its subcommands. cloudservers image-create Create a new image by taking a snapshot of a running server. cloudservers image-delete Delete an image. cloudservers image-list Print a list of available images to boot from. cloudservers ip-share Share an IP address from the given IP group onto a server. cloudservers ip-unshare Stop sharing an given address with a server. cloudservers ipgroup-create Create a new IP group. cloudservers ipgroup-delete Delete an IP group. cloudservers ipgroup-list Show IP groups. cloudservers ipgroup-show Show details about a particular IP group. cloudservers list List active servers. cloudservers reboot Reboot a server. cloudservers rebuild Shutdown, re-image, and re-boot a server. cloudservers rename Rename a server. cloudservers resize Resize a server. cloudservers resize-confirm Confirm a previous resize. cloudservers resize-revert Revert a previous resize (and return to the previous VM). cloudservers root-password Change the root password for a server. cloudservers show Show details about the given server. Optional arguments: --username USERNAME Defaults to env[CLOUD_SERVERS_USERNAME]. --apikey APIKEY Defaults to env[CLOUD_SERVERS_API_KEY]. See "cloudservers help COMMAND" for help on a specific command. cloudservers March 2010 CLOUDSERVERS(1)
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