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Using crontab to execute script every minute and another every 24 hours

I need a crontab syntax which should execute a specific PHP script /var/www/html/a.php every minute. The …

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Running a cron job at 2:30 AM everyday

How to configure a cron job to run every night at 2:30? I know how to make it run at 2, but …

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How to run crontab job every week on Sunday

I'm trying to figure out how to run a crontab job every week on Sunday. I think the following should …

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Where can I set environment variables that crontab will use?

I have a crontab running every hour. The user running it has environment variabless in the .bash_profile that work …

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How to pass in password to pg_dump?

I'm trying to create a cronjob to back up my database every night before something catastrophic happens. It looks like …

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Crontab Day of the Week syntax

In crontab does the Day of the Week field run from 0 - 6 or 1 -7? I am seeing conflicting information on …

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How to specify in crontab by what user to run script?

I have few crontab jobs that run under root, but that gives me some problems. For example all folders created …

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How to set up a cron job to run an executable every hour?

I need to set up a cron job that runs an executable compiled using gcc once every hour. I logged …

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mysqldump & gzip commands to properly create a compressed file of a MySQL database using crontab

I am having problems with getting a crontab to work. I want to automate a MySQL database backup. The setup: …

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How do I create a crontab through a script

I need to add a cron job thru a script I run to set up a server. I am currently …

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