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tks

running 21.10

the below is a crontab script that runs daily. it backs uo my crontab jobs.


#!/bin/bash
crontab -l > $HOME/crontabBackup-`date +"%d-%m-%Y"`


how to i modify so that when...

tks fu still learning at 72 and those were suppose to be commas
always appreciate your help and advise

then why does this crontab job work
not written by myself


00 11,16 * * * xmessage -display :0.0 "COFFEE BREAK DUDE !!!"

tks

running 21.10

i want this script to run every 4 hours starting at 00.30

30 00,04,08.12.16.20 * * * xmessage -display :0.0 “one bell!!!"

is the above correct or is there a better syntax to...

kb tks worked great

running ubuntu 21.10



is there an easy way i can use any jpg image . and if so how/tks

him tks works just fine

how to change this script so it goes to my home folder not desktop

#!/bin/bash
crontab -l > $HOME/Desktop/crontabBackup-`date +"%d-%m-%Y"`


tks

this is crazy i have upgraded to ubuntu 21.10 and switch to the slim display manager the scripts are working.

tea also tried that. no luck

tea yes and do luck

i upgraded to ubuntu 21.10 and it messed up the gdm3 display manger. all i get is a white screen with the message 'oh something went wrong'. i switched to other display managers and they will let me...

tks fu will mess with

fu if your up to this
lets give this a try

here is a script that i have in my home folder

#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/vlc


path in crontab

and that doesnt exist either

and i am an admin user

ray@ray-HP-ProBook-640-G1:~$ !1042
groups ray
ray : ray adm cdrom sudo dip plugdev crontab lpadmin lxd sambashare
ray@ray-HP-ProBook-640-G1:~$

output

ray@ray-HP-ProBook-640-G1:~$ cat /etc/cron.d/cron.allow
cat: /etc/cron.d/cron.allow: No such file or directory
ray@ray-HP-ProBook-640-G1:~$

kb at this point really dont care about running a suspend job per say. i just cant get any cron job to run period and had no problem when running 20.04. however my puter died and when replaced...

if the problem is somewhere in the system would upgrading to 21.10 help? then in april i would up grade t0 22.04

i even downloaded zeit
https://www.tecmint.com/zeit-gui-tool-to-cron-jobs-in-linux/

and used it to schedule a job
it accepts my job but cron wont run it
wonder if i have to reset someyhing in...

fu tks for your help
you have given me good advise over the years
really lost on this. i have run up to 15 scripts on ubuntu without any problems.
now cant run any cron job.

fyi this doest work...

script i am using that works in terminal
#!/bin/bash
systemctl suspend

./suspend
just cant run anything in cron

sch tks
but ran and still not working

also tried this

ray@ray-HP-ProBook-640-G1:~$ sudo chkconfig crond on
[sudo] password for ray:
sudo: chkconfig: command not found
ray@ray-HP-ProBook-640-G1:~$ sudo systemctl enable crond...