Running scripts on a fixed timeschedule (cron)

Using crontab

With crontab you can run jobs on a fixed time schedule.

This means that you can e.g. download some data every day.

To start an edit with crontab -l , the info on that file can be found by using man 5 crontab.

Be aware of the following :

The scripts will run on the login node, so do not use a lot of resources The crontab entry will be wiped upon reboot, so if you want to make sure that it is there, it wise to set that up.