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Old 05-27-2011
cron job for the created shell script

Hi am newbie for unix shell..

how to create a cron job for my already created shell script.Smilie

Thanks!
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Old 05-27-2011
This question has been asked and answered multiple times. Please use the sites search feature. Also, a look at the man page of cron and crontab can help.
 
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