Example: set cron job in ubuntu
Setting Up a Website Backup through Cron :- =========================================== Step 1: Update your server. As a best practice, we will update and upgrade our server with the following command. apt-get update && apt-get upgrade Step 2: Verify if the cron package is installed. dpkg -l cron a) Our example output let’s us know that the cron package is installed, along with its version: ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-=========================-=================-=================-======================================================== ii cron 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2 amd64 process scheduling daemon b) Install cron package if necessary. sudo apt-get install cron c) Ensure that the cron service is running with the following command: systemctl status cron Example Output: ---------------- * cron.service - Regular background program processing daemon Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/cron.service; enabled; vendor preset:enabled) Active: active (running) since Sat 2018-10-27 02:53:20 EDT; 5 days ago Step 3: Configure the cron job. When you are logged in as your user, you are creating a cron job under that user. Creating a cron jobs owner is helpful when to know who is in charge of the cron as well as how to alter the cron job in the future. crontab -e Step 4: The system asks which editor you’d like to use; this tutorial is using option 2 (vim.basic). tom@host2:~$ crontab -e no crontab for tom - using an empty one Select an editor. To change later, run 'select-editor'. 1. /bin/ed 2. /usr/bin/vim.basic 3. /usr/bin/vim.tiny Choose 1-3 []: 2 Step 5: In this file, you’ll see
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