Cron is too fancy (=confusing) for me, so I have always avoided it. However, I recently wiped out my Inbox in Claws-Mail when I applied a newly-created filter. I recovered some of the mail from a backup, but about half was lost. It's not a big deal; just annoying. More to the point, what if one of my future filter creations wipes out the hundreds of messages that I have saved in other folders (e.g., my PLUG folder)?
On the Claws-Mail listserve it has been suggested to me that I use Cron to back up my mail folders daily in the wee hours of the morning. The proposal was to use: 15 3 * * * cp -auf /home/<user>/Mail <backup_directory> I think the '15 3' means 3:15 am, and the cp command is clear, but 'auf' means nothing to me, and I have other questions. For example, where in Cron do I place this command? I see that Cron is running as I write this, so so I just enter the above command (edited for locations, of course) at a command line? How does the command line know I am calling Cron? I tried the Cron man page, but it is hopeless to think that I will understand much of it without massive study. Suggestions welcome. :) _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
