Applications :: Correct Syntax For Scheduled Cron Jobs

May 25, 2010

I need to create the following cron jobs:

job #1: runs Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun at 9PM every month except for 15th
job#2: runs on 15th of each month at 9PM
job #3: runs every Saturday at 6PM every month

What is the correct syntax for this kind of scheduled cron jobs?

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By default, cron jobs are scheduled to run at 4:40 IIRC. I have my computer set to suspend after half an hour of inactivity so, except for some all-nighters, pretty much every day at that time my PC is suspended. What happens to the cron jobs? I don't suppose they run while the suspension is in effect. Do they get run when the computer wakes up or does cron wait until the next day at 4:40 to run the jobs?

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I do have an alias at the end of /etc/aliases which redirects root's mail to my own account, but this alias works fine for mail I send manually. (It also appears to work fine for the output from the file /etc/cron.daily/0logwatch.)

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Is there some sort of character I have to enter in this field, like
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or
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or
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A lot of the answer will depend upon what else the Dropbox directory is for. If it's JUST for your backups for this then I'd be inclined to:

Code:

chown basil /root/Dropbox
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which will permit the basil user full access and thus allow the file operations being done and give root access via the group permissions (not that the root user really needs this).Also, I'd be inclined to:

Code:

chown basil /home/xxxx/moo3/bin/back.sh
chmod u=rwx,g=rx,o= /home/xxxx/moo3/bin/back.sh

which will make things 'look' better, it just reinforces the point that the script is run (and owned) by the basil user.

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Apr 29, 2011

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I am running a series of operations on executable matlab scripts which are connecting python and fortran scripts. I schedule the executables in cron. The problem:

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- I tried both cron command prompt or the GUI scheduled tasks
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May 22, 2011

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Code:
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Code:
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Code:
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I am running Ubuntu 10.10 on a new Dell PowerEdge.

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Just curious if this is possible. What I want to do is setup a rsync job to backup my laptop to my personal file server(same LAN), but I want it do do this at 3AM while I'm sleeping. However I always close my laptop lid when I'm done using it which puts the laptop into suspend mode since that's how I configured my power options in gnome. Since I don't want to leave my laptop powered up all the time, I was wondering if it is possible to have a cron job scheduled that will wake the laptop up(out of suspend mode) and run my script/backup job, all without opening the lid of the laptop, and then put it back into suspend mode when it's done. Is this possible, and is it as easy as scheduling a cron job or is there some other scripting/configuration/trickery that I need to do to accomplish this?

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The SpiderOak job doesn't start. It works if I type the command in manually.
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