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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How to add a script to Crontab? Post 302497523 by Corona688 on Thursday 17th of February 2011 12:22:42 PM
Old 02-17-2011
Add a line like this:

Code:
0 * * * * /path/to/script.sh

This will tell cron to run /path/to/script.sh on minute 0 of every hour, day, month, and weekday.

If the script doesn't run quite properly from cron, it's probably because cron's default PATH is much more minimal than a user would have, either hardcode a sane PATH in the script (export PATH="...") or read in /etc/profile with . /etc/profile
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

apticron

apticron(1)						      General Commands Manual						       apticron(1)

NAME

       apticron - Generate a mail listing packages which are pending an upgrade

SYNOPSIS

       apticron [--cron]

DESCRIPTION

       apticron is a shell script which generates a mail with a list of all packages currently pending an upgrade, as well as summary of changes -
       using apt-listchanges - to a configurable Email address.

       apticron is mainly intended for automatic notification of pending security updates but can also be used	in  many  other  situations  where
       timely updates are necessary.

       The --cron option is only meant to be used when invoked by cron in order to run no more than once a day.

FILES

       /etc/apticron/apticron.conf
	      Configuration file, Email address to mail and profile for use with apt-listchanges are configurable.

       /etc/cron.d/apticron
	      Cron job for executing apticron daily.

       /etc/cron.daily/apticron
	      Fallback cron script for executing apticron (if no crond running or system down at designated time).

       /var/lib/misc/apticron.cron
	      Time stamp file used by apticron when invoked with --cron option.

SEE ALSO

       apt-get(8), apt-listchanges(1), cron(8)

AUTHOR

       Apticron  was initially developed by Colm MacCarthaigh <colm.maccarthaigh@heanet.ie> with contributions from Marc Sherman <msherman@projec-
       tile.ca>. Since 2006 it is maintained and improved by Tiago Bortoletto Vaz <tiago@debian.org>.

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