cron

[zetec452]

Hey,

Is it possible to set a cron to run between a certain time. I.E 7-m until 6am?

Can't seem to find anything on the net.

Cheers,

Jon

 

[zetec452]

Is that the minute in which the cron tab will start?

Basically I've got some backups to do but want to download them off speak else i'll have a nice bandwidth bill. .

I was thinking about starting the script at 8pm then at 6am the following morning set a cron to kill the script? Its a dirty way of doing it though.

 

[zetec452]

Hey Adam,

Having the script stop will only be a short term measure so I may just make a cron to kill the script.

I presume a bit of perl would be needed to stop and resume a script.

Cheers

 

[zetec452]

I'm using rsync so it will automatically continue from where it started.

I'll try that command though. . Cheers.