[Solved] - Question about the cron. folders

ftornell · 2010-08-06 21:50:24

Hi guys,
I was thinking of creating a rsync.sh file with some information that will take backup of some of my folders and send them to another "server".

Do I just need to put the .sh file inside for instance /etc/cron.weekly folder and make it executable by root? or what permission should it have?

thx!

Last edited by ftornell (2010-08-06 22:23:51)

karol · 2010-08-06 21:55:38

Root can execute anything as long as it's executable: 'chmod +x' should be enough.

ftornell · 2010-08-06 22:10:35

Ok, but is just simply to put a file in there and it will be executed every week?
If the computer is down on the monday and will be started on tuesday, will the script be run at tuesday or does it have to be on when the clock turns 00:01 every monday or this will fail?

follow up question; im from the windows world with like .bat and .cmd files...what are ".sh" files? Do they need to have that extension? good idea? (is it short for shell?)

Last edited by ftornell (2010-08-06 22:10:55)

karol · 2010-08-06 22:17:28

.sh is a shell script. Most programs don't need file extensions, but sometimes you may get 'error: the file is not a jpg' or sth like that - the file _is_ a .jpg but w/o the jpg extension and the stupid program can't do it's work. The extensions are for you, you can have .script if you like.

Yes, the computer has to be turned on for cron to work. There's anacron - a different type of cron - for computers that are not turned on 24/7.
There may be a way to do this with dcron, but you have to check it for yourself.

ftornell · 2010-08-06 22:23:31

Thx for the help!

Stebalien · 2010-08-06 23:05:39

See xyne's cronwhip for a simpler solution than anacron: http://xyne.archlinux.ca/projects/cronwhip

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