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