setting a cron job via sam

[Shahla Tabarzadi_5]

I like to set up the following script:
/opt/OV/hin/ovautoimgr via sam.

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

Shalom

sam

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[Ninad_1]

sHAHLA,

You can schedule a job through cron -
1. Either use crontab -e to directly edit the crontab file for the user and insert the entry as appropriate (do a man crontab to understand the fields of crontab file).
2. Through SAM -> Process Management -> Scheduled cron jobs , Then press the tab key to go to the menu and then use arrow keys to goto Action -> Add -> then its pretty clear what to select - like daily/hourly etc. and provide the relevant information when you want ot schedule the job.

Hope this helps,
Ninad

[MarkSyder]

Word of warning if you are going to use Ninad's advice: e (edit) and r (remove) are next to each other on the keyboard making it easy to accidentally delete your crontab file when you want to edit it. Before running crontab -e, run crontab -l > /tmp/cron.safe to make a safe copy.

Even better, set up a cron job to back up your cron file once a week.

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)

[Shahla Tabarzadi_5]

thanks

[Shahla Tabarzadi_5]

Dorood: Sholam and Thanks in Farsi