Re: Cron job needed

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On Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:10:03 +0100
pinnerite <pinnerite@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have never created a cron job from scratch.
> I looked for an app that would let me plug in the instruction but
> couldn't find one.
> 
> Searching on Google just left me fuming.
> 
> my command looks like thius:
> 
> 0 4 * * * /home/pinnerite/mytask.sh 
> 
> How and where should I plug it in?

Put your mytask.sh in one of /etc/cron directory's. Depend what your
script is doing.


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