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Defining Cron to execute everyday at midnight
Hi All,

Can some one tell me how can set my cron to execute 11:00 pm of every day?
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You need the following code
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crontab -e
This opens the file to edit.
Then
Code:
00 23 * * * /your folder/your file to execute
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edit the /etc/crontab

vi /etc/crontab
00 23 * * * root /sbin/shutdown -h now

in place /sbin/shutdown -h now ,just put the command or shell script that u want to run.
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