crontab def for daily execution of an alfresco backup script at 4 a.m.

gistfile1.txt

0 4 * * * /path/to/alfresco/alfrescoBackup.sh /path/to/backup/folder



30 13 * * * /home/username/run-me.sh >/dev/null 2>&1
 
0 * * * * curl --silent --compressed http://example.com/cron.php >/dev/null 2>&1
 
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crontab -e        Edit your crontab file, or create one if it doesn’t already exist. 
crontab -l        Display your crontab file.
crontab -r        Remove your crontab file.
crontab -v        Display the last time you edited your crontab file.

# *  *  *  *  * [command to be executed]
# 0  5  *  *  1 tar -zcf /var/backups/home.tgz /home/  [backup of all user accounts at 5 a.m every monday]
# ┬  ┬  ┬  ┬  ┬
# │  │  │  │  │
# │  │  │  │  │
# │  │  │  │  └───── day of week (0 - 7) (0 or 7 are Sunday, or use names)
# │  │  │  └──────── month (1 - 12)
# │  │  └─────────── day of month (1 - 31)
# │  └────────────── hour (0 - 23)
# └───────────────── min (0 - 59)