Scheduling Backup Jobs using at and crontab
Posted on: 04/21/2006 09:13 AM
Debianhelp has published a new guide about scheduling Backup Jobs using at and crontab
You can schedule a command or a script using two tools
crontab : Schedules tasks once or repeatedly.
You can use the crontab command to run commands at regular times. For example, you could schedule a backup of your files every Friday. Commands can be scheduled to the minute.
at : Schedules tasks once.
You can use the at command to schedule a command or script to run a single time. The command includes several utilities
Scheduling Backup Jobs using at and crontab