Howto crontab ============= Configure cronjob: crontab -e # Example: Backup using rsync onto server1 always at 10:00 a.m. (2>&1 saves stderr) 0 12 * * * /root/rsynch_backup_server2.sh > /root/backup.log 2>&1 # Example of job definition: # .---------------- minute (0 - 59) # | .------------- hour (0 - 23) # | | .---------- day of month (1 - 31) # | | | .------- month (1 - 12) OR jan,feb,mar,apr ... # | | | | .---- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0 or 7) OR sun,mon,tue,wed,thu,fri,sat # | | | | | # * * * * * user-name command to be executed