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bitsnpcs:

--- Quote from: Moltke on September 18, 2018, 07:57:02 PM ---
--- Quote ---Glad you have solved it :)
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thank you :)

BTW, it seems that the cron tool's smart enough so it'll tell you about any syntax error. So I wouldn't have been able to save it unless properly typed/written.

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That's very useful functionality :)

Moltke:

--- Quote ---Glad you have solved it :)
--- End quote ---
thank you :)

BTW, it seems that the cron tool's smart enough so it'll tell you about any syntax error. So I wouldn't have been able to save it unless properly typed/written.

bitsnpcs:
Glad you have solved it :)

Moltke:
thank you @bitsnpcs :)

I also used that site https://crontab.guru/ when creating this cronjob. Your info is ok but in my case the script is in the source directory, so according to what I read and what they told me in another forum the cronjob should look like:

0 1 * *  SUN /home/moltke/dir/cp.sh  #the * *  are wildcards so meaning the job will run every week and every month.

Since the script contains the command which is
--- Code: ---$ cp -r -n /path/to/cp into
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there's no need to add the command. Regarding rsync I think cp is good enough to do te job. BTW, you're right; instead of SUN one could use 0 or 7. There are another ways to do this it seems according to what I read, like using @weekly instead of the whole "0 1 * * SUN/0/7" but I need to read more about it before using it. For now this is supposed to work. :) I guess I'll find out on Monday  ::)

bitsnpcs:
Hello Moltke,

I haven't done this before, so it is just results from searches, I hope they help a bit though in finding the solution -

https://crontab.guru/

I used to make the  below -


--- Code: ---0 1 * 1-12 0
--- End code ---


It will do the task at 01:00 hours on Sunday in every months from January to December.
It says for Sundays if you wish you can use instead of , 0, sun.
I am unsure if whether if a users week setting begins on Sunday or Monday may alter the numerical codes or if the crontab.guru bases this on using a geolocation script of the visitor, so I can see where using the day name in the week may be of use if it turns out to be presenting a difficulty.


Now the time is done it needs the command -

--- Code: ---cp /origin /destination
--- End code ---

example


--- Code: ---0 1 * 1-12 0 cp /path/to/directory /path/to/destination
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I also found this link about using rsync for this type of task, I have not used or learnt about rsync yet so its just search result info. (I changed it to add the cron info from the beginning of the post)

https://serverfault.com/questions/259938/cron-job-to-copy-file-from-one-location-to-another-for-new-files-daily/259949



--- Code: ---0 1 * 1-12 0 /usr/bin/rsync -a /origin /destination
--- End code ---

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