Questions tagged [cronjob]
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How do I make cron run a Java GUI application?
I have a script which runs a Java GUI application using "java -jar app.jar". I have added the script to the crontab to run every minute, check the processlist if the application is up. If it isn't it ...
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Stop Cron job for a particular time interval
I have a cron job which runs every five minutes all day long.
I want to stop this cron job running on Sundays between 4pm and 5pm - it should start again after this time.
How can I script this?
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How to create a cron job to upload files to an FTP server
I would like to create a cron job that uploads files from a directory on my computer to my FTP server. I would like it to do it daily at midnight. I know pretty much nothing about cron, so I ...
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Schedule a cronjob everytime it is done
I have a cronjon which runs every 48 hours. But ideally what I want is that it must start running as soon as it stops. Can this be done? It is an sh script consisting of a python command.
I am using ...
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Why is this cronjob not working?
I have a ruby script in ~/custom_scripts/get_all_products.rb.
I want it to run every night at 04:00.
Here's what the cronjob in crontab -e looks like:
MAILTO="<email>"
0 4 * * * ruby ~/...
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Cron strange behaviour
I've got a Bash script with all the permission to be excecuted, I attach it to to a cron job, this script basically only kills and restarts a specific process. The strange behaviour is that if I run ...
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