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		<title>D2wn at 20:23, 16 March 2025</title>
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		<title>imported&gt;Sjwhitak: Created page with &quot;You run a command:  {{UserCmd|rsync -r folder/ user@backup.server.lan:~/}}  You want to run this every day at 2am:  {{UserCmd|crontab -e}}  &lt;syntaxhighlight lang=&quot;crontab&quot;&gt; 0 2 * * * rsync -r folder/ user@backup.server:~/ &lt;/syntaxhighlight&gt;  Use [https://crontab.pro/ crontab.pro] to map out crontab times.   In any case, crontab will run any command you want.   You want a series of commands to be run at once? Wrap it in a bash script.  You want to run multiple commands?...&quot;</title>
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		<updated>2022-04-14T12:52:07Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;You run a command:  {{UserCmd|rsync -r folder/ user@backup.server.lan:~/}}  You want to run this every day at 2am:  {{UserCmd|crontab -e}}  &amp;lt;syntaxhighlight lang=&amp;quot;crontab&amp;quot;&amp;gt; 0 2 * * * rsync -r folder/ user@backup.server:~/ &amp;lt;/syntaxhighlight&amp;gt;  Use [https://crontab.pro/ crontab.pro] to map out crontab times.   In any case, crontab will run any command you want.   You want a series of commands to be run at once? Wrap it in a bash script.  You want to run multiple commands?...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;You run a command:&lt;br /&gt;
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{{UserCmd|rsync -r folder/ user@backup.server.lan:~/}}&lt;br /&gt;
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You want to run this every day at 2am:&lt;br /&gt;
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0 2 * * * rsync -r folder/ user@backup.server:~/&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/syntaxhighlight&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Use [https://crontab.pro/ crontab.pro] to map out crontab times. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In any case, crontab will run any command you want. &lt;br /&gt;
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You want a series of commands to be run at once? Wrap it in a bash script.&lt;br /&gt;
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You want to run multiple commands?&lt;br /&gt;
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{{UserCmd|crontab -e}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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0 1 * * * python sync.py&lt;br /&gt;
0 2 * * * rsync -r folder/ user@backup.server:~/&lt;br /&gt;
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