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==== 7.3 Tell computer to run script every week, at 1 AM on Sunday ====

Cron is a scheduler. You can tell cron to run a command, a script, etc. once a week, once a month, twice a day, every 10 minutes. We’re going to set this to back up at 1 AM every Sunday.

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<li><p>Open root’s crontab:</p>
<pre>sudo crontab -e</pre></li>
<li><p>Add this line:</p>
<pre>0 1 * * 0 /root/vm_backup.sh &gt;&gt; /var/log/vm_backup.log 2&gt;&amp;1</pre>
<p>This will:</p>
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<li><p>Run at 1:00 AM every Sunday</p></li>
<li><p>Log output to <code>/var/log/vm_backup.log</code></p></li>
<li><p>Include both standard output and errors in the log</p></li>
<li><p>The virtual machine will be down while the transfer occurs</p></li></ul>

<p>If anyone is calling Rossmann Repair Group at 1 AM on a Sunday morning, they deserve to get a busy signal. Actually they deserve allison smith telling them to get the fk out of here. but a busy signal will suffice.</p></li></ol>