Create Backup (Cron Schedule)

[seachen]

hello , i have a question about auto backup particular user at the time i set.

let said i have a user abc. i want to set this account auto backup at 5am everyday.

my server time is +8 time zone. under the manage user backup,
step 1: i have to tick user abc, and then select
step 2: Cron Schedule, below this have many text box. minute, hours, etc.

if i want to set auto backup at 5am every day. how to make it ?

 

[czotos]

Minute = 0
Hour = 5
Day = *
Month = *
Day of Week = *

The above combination will tell cron to execute the backup at exactly 05h00 (5am) every single day of the year, and the years to come!

 

[walleed222]

I suggest you to use cron calculator it is really cool :
http://www.csgnetwork.com/crongen.html

 

[mattb]

Typing in:

man 5 crontab

will give you the following:

The time and date fields are:

field allowed values
----- --------------
minute 0-59
hour 0-23
day of month 1-31
month 1-12 (or names, see below)
day of week 0-7 (0 or 7 is Sun, or use names)

A field may be an asterisk (*), which always stands for ``first-last''.

 

[seachen]

Minute = 0
Hour = 5
Day = *
Month = *
Day of Week = *

The above combination will tell cron to execute the backup at exactly 05h00 (5am) every single day of the year, and the years to come!

the file will overwrite everyday?

 

[walleed222]

yes it will did