On 12/28/05 10:55 AM, "Dom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thomas McGrath III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Does any one know where these files live?
>
> you would like to debut at:
>
> http://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=20050103223643995
>
> "One of the most essential, and misunderstood, server admin skills is
> being able to maintain a crontab file. The syntax of the crontab file
> though has been known to drive a sysadmin to drink."
>
> ;-)
Here's an example I use to set up a cron at 2:00am every morning to backup a
mySQL database called "mydb". Basically you create a crontab file and then
call "crontab" on it (watch for line wraps):
put "~/mydbcron" into tCronFile
numToChar(10) into tCronData
put format("0\t2\t*\t*\t*\t") & \
"/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqldump -u root mydb > ~/Documents/mydbsql" & \
numToChar(10) into tCronData
put tCronData into url("binfile:" & tCronFile)
get shell("crontab ~/mydbcron")
if it <> "" then
answer error it titled "Cron Status"
else
answer "Backup has been set for 2:00 AM every day." titled "Cron Status"
end if
delete file tCronFile
Hope this helps,
Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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