Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:13:47 +0200 From: Antonio Vieiro <antonio@antonioshome.net> To: Mark Stapper <stark@mapper.nl> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: how to run task periodically Message-ID: <AANLkTinkX_E_rWTOs0nt535bG-HyhN7LtKgLRXv9XMas@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4C6B847A.5090408@mapper.nl> References: <4C6B847A.5090408@mapper.nl>
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crontab -e ? See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron Cheers, Antonio 2010/8/18 Mark Stapper <stark@mapper.nl>: > =A0Hi, > > I have a system that doesn't run 24/7/365. > I would like to make sure that some tasks (like updating the ports tree) > run weekly/monthly etc. > As the system isn't on 24/7 the cron job I usually run for these tasks > doesn't work as the machine isn't always running on the scheduled time. > > So I need a utility that enable me to say: "if a week has passed since > the last run, run this command". > Is there such a utlility? > Cheers, > Mark > >
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