11-01-2006
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Originally Posted by jeffreydavisjr
Well I have some scripts that I run manually everyday. I was wondering if it was possible to get these scripts to automatically run at say 4:30am every mourning.
I am using UNIX Sco 5.0.6. Thanks.
Usually /etc/crontab file contains configuration for cron daemon, which schedule scripts or programs according to it.
To automate running scripts at 4:30am every day you must write string to crontab file something like:
30 4 * * * * user /home/user/script.sh
First column - minutes, second - hours (24-h format)
You can setup any time to within 1 minute (if you need seconds - you can run 'sleep' or so at the script).
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CRON(8) System Manager's Manual CRON(8)
NAME
cron - clock daemon
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/cron
DESCRIPTION
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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).
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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
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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)