On Sunday 25 September 2005 20:23, Michael Hahn wrote: > I'm trying to have my server (Mandrake 10.1) run a backup each night to > CD-R. What I would like to do is put each night's backup in a directory > labeled with the date. All of the how to's I've found describe how to > write a full CD from the command prompt, but not something like I want > to do. Also (showing just how new I am to Linux) I need some help > setting up a script to run each night - I know it can be done, I'm just > not sure how to go about it. How to run a script:
As root type crontab -e
Press the i-key to enter insert mode,
Then enter the job you want to run as:
Minute Hour Day Month DayOfWeek Command
Once you are done with that press the escape button.
Then type
:wq
followed by enter and you've now set up a job to run when you say to.
John
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