In this months Hacker Public Radio is on cron. First let me list out some good introductions to the topic:
Virtually the entire show was taken from these links so rather than repeat myself here I suggest you either listen to the show or follow the links yourself. I did give an example of how you might add a script to cron and I’ll list that here.
username@computer:~$ vi /home/username/bin/hello.bash
username@computer:~$ cat /home/username/bin/hello.bash
#!/bin/bash
echo "hello world"
username@computer:~$ /home/username/bin/hello.bash
bash: /home/username/bin/hello.bash: Permission denied
username@computer:~$ chmod +x /home/username/bin/hello.bash
username@computer:~$ /home/username/bin/hello.bash
hello world
username@computer:~$ export |grep EDITOR
declare -x EDITOR="vim"
username@computer:~$ crontab -l
no crontab for username
username@computer:~$ crontab -e
no crontab for username - using an empty one
No modification made
username@computer:~$ crontab -e
no crontab for username - using an empty one
crontab: installing new crontab
username@computer:~$ crontab -l
# m h dom mon dow command
* * * * * /home/username/bin/hello.bash > /home/username/hello.output 2>&1
username@computer:~$ cat /home/username/hello.output
hello world
Following on from my recommendation of Spud Show last time I’d like to recommend Rathole Radio this time. This is a show by Dan “programmer, musician and full-time layabout from Merseyside, UK.” Lynch aka the UK Outlaw. To quote the man himself “Rathole Radio is a fortnightly Internet radio show and podcast about culture, technology and politics with humour, guests, the best in new music and even exclusive live performances.”
I love the eclectic sound derived as a result of Dan’s simple motto “I only play stuff I like.”
Go have a listen.