[SOLVED] How to make cron job?

n0kS · 2009-10-23 23:37:49

Hello, I don't know if it's the right way to tell it but want to know is how can I make pacman-optimize to be executed automaticaly every ... 2hours for example.. ? How can I do that?
Thanks in advance.

Last edited by n0kS (2009-10-24 00:45:30)

flamelab · 2009-10-23 23:53:12

Α very easy way to do that is

kdesu systemsettings

Advanced (tab) > Scheduler

ralvez · 2009-10-24 00:08:27

Or you can use crontab.
Eg: crontab * */2 * * * /usr/bin/command_to_run

There is a very nice tutorial on crontab at http://www.thesitewizard.com/general/set-cron-job.shtml

Hope this helps.

R.

Jamie · 2009-10-24 00:24:50

ralvez wrote:

Or you can use crontab.
Eg: crontab * */2 * * * /usr/bin/command_to_run
There is a very nice tutorial on crontab at http://www.thesitewizard.com/general/set-cron-job.shtml
Hope this helps.
R.

Thanks. I've been meaning to looking into how to run cron jobs .

ralvez · 2009-10-24 00:27:34

Glad to be of help.
Please mark the thread as [solved] so others can use it as a reference.

R.

flamelab · 2009-10-24 00:28:39

ralvez wrote:

Glad to be of help.
Please mark the thread as [solved] so others can use it as a reference.
R.

It's n0ks's thread, not Jamie's

Jamie · 2009-10-24 00:35:38

flamelab wrote:

ralvez wrote:
Glad to be of help.
Please mark the thread as [solved] so others can use it as a reference.
R.
It's n0ks's thread, not Jamie's

Hehe... well, it helped me for sure .

n0kS · 2009-10-24 00:45:46

Thanks.

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[SOLVED] How to make cron job?

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Re: [SOLVED] How to make cron job?

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