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HowTo: Add Jobs To cron Under Linux or UNIX?
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How do I add cron job under Linux or UNIXlike operating system? Cron job are used to schedule commands to be executed periodically. You can setup setup commands or scripts, which will repeatedly run at a set time. Cron is one of the most useful tool in Linux or UNIX like operating systems. The cron service (daemon) runs in the background and constantly checks the /etc/crontab file, /etc/cron.*/ directories. It also checks the/var/spool/cron/ directory.

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crontab is the command used to install, deinstall or list the tables (cron configuration file) used to drive the cron daemon in Vixie Cron. Each user can have their own crontab file, and though these are files in /var/spool/cron/crontabs, they are not intended to be edited directly. You need to use crontab command for editing or setting up your own cron jobs.

DifferentTypes of cron Configuration
There are two different types of configuration files: 1. The UNIX / Linux system crontab : Usually, used by system services and [2] critical jobs that requires root like privileges. The sixth field (see below for field description) is the name of a user for the command to run as. This gives the system crontab the ability to run commands as any user. 2. The usercrontabs: User can installer their own jobs using the crontab command. The sixth field is the command to run, and all commands run as the user who created the crontab

How Do I Install / Create / Edit My Own Cronjobs?
To edit your crontab file, type the following command at the UNIX / Linux shell prompt: $ crontab -e

Syntax of crontab (Field Description)
Your cron job looks as follows for userjobs:

1 2 3 4 5 /path/to/command arg1 arg2

OR

1 2 3 4 5 /root/backup.sh

Where, 1: Minute (0-59) 2: Hours (0-23) 3: Day (0-31)

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4: Month (0-12 [12 == December]) 5: Day of the week(0-7 [7 or 0 == sunday])/path/to/command - Script or command name to schedule Easy to remember format: * * * * * command to be executed - - - - | | | | | | | | | ----- Day of week (0 - 7) (Sunday=0 or 7) | | | ------- Month (1 - 12) | | --------- Day of month (1 - 31) | ----------- Hour (0 - 23) ------------- Minute (0 - 59) Your cron job looks as follows for system jobs: 1 2 3 4 5 USERNAME /path/to/command arg1 arg2 OR 1 2 3 4 5USERNAME /path/to/script.sh

Example: Install Backup Job Script
If you wished to have a script named /root/backup.sh run every day at 3am, your crontab entry would look like as follows. First, install your cronjob by running the following command: # crontab -e Append the following entry: 0 3 * * * /root/backup.sh Save and close the file. More Examples To run /path/to/command five minutes aftermidnight, every day, enter: 5 0 * * * /path/to/command Run /path/to/script.sh at 2:15pm on the first of every month, enter: 15 14 1 * * /path/to/script.sh Run /scripts/phpscript.php at 10 pm on weekdays, enter: 0 22 * * 1-5 /scripts/phpscript.php Run /root/scripts/perl/perlscript.pl at 23 minutes after midnight, 2am, 4am ..., everyday, enter: 23 0-23/2 * * * /root/scripts/perl/perlscript.pl Run/path/to/unixcommand at 5 after 4 every Sunday, enter: 5 4 * * sun /path/to/unixcommand

How Do I Use Operators?
An operator allows you to specifying multiple values in a field. There are three operators:

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