= crontab = Cron is a time-based scheduling service in Linux / Unix-like computer operating systems. * crontab -e # edit cron for current user * crontab -l # list cron for current user == Every ten minutes == */10 * * * * /path/to/command == Every hour == 0 * * * * /path/to/command == Every 2 hours == 0 */2 * * * /path/to/command == Once a day at midnight == 0 0 * * * /path/to/command == Annotations == {{{ # Order of crontab fields # minute hour mday month wday command }}} {{{ string meaning ------ ------- @reboot Run once, at startup. @yearly Run once a year, "0 0 1 1 *". @annually (same as @yearly) @monthly Run once a month, "0 0 1 * *". @weekly Run once a week, "0 0 * * 0". @daily Run once a day, "0 0 * * *". @midnight (same as @daily) @hourly Run once an hour, "0 * * * *". }}}