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- Published on Wednesday, 07 December 2011 03:37
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Linux Cron
Cron jobs are task setup on a Linux or UNIX system to run at a set time. I seen a few questions around about cronjobs. Here is a reference on cron.
How do I visit a site every day at 5 AM?Run the command “crontab -e” to edit the cron file. Then type:
0 5 * * * curl http://www.the-server-admin.com
Curl is a basic Linux command. Cron will run any command in this order.
How do I get cron Emails? Edit he crontab file: crontab -e Then make cron look like:
MAILTO: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
0 5 * * * curl http://www.the-server-admin.com
You can also get disk space output via cron. Edit the crontab... you should know who to do this by now. :) Make cron look like this:
MAILTO: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
0 5 * * * curl http://www.the-server-admin.com
0 12 * * * df -h
So any command you want to run everyday add the command to crontab.
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