Subject: Re: Automate a command
From: W.D. McKinney (deem@wdm.com)
Date: Wed Jun 11 2003 - 21:55:10 AKDT
On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 12:23, Greg Madden wrote:
> The following command + options creates a Debian mirror. I run it
> manually when I want to update my mirror. What I would like to do is
> make it so it runs automatically a couple of times a week. I don't know
> aything about scripts or cron jobs so a sequence of events and the
> terminology involved would help point me to research the correct docs.
>
> # 'debmirror -a i386,powerpc -h ftp-mirror.internap.com -r /pub/debian
> --ignore=non-US/ -d woody -d testing -d unstable /mnt/pub/mirror/debian
> -p --getcontents'
>
> This is all one line separated by blank spaces.
>
Another option if you would like to use a GUI application, is to use Visual Cron.
To start, head to:
http://www.linux-kheops.com/pub/vcron/vcronGB.html
(if they had a better act, they would have .deb's :-)
"at" job editor is what you need to use to put your script in.
Works excellent.
Dee
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