How to write a cron that will run a script every day at midnight?

Question

I have heard crontab is a good choice, but how do I write the line and where do I put it on the server?

Answer 1

Quick guide to setup a cron job

Create a new text file, example: mycronjobs.txt

For each daily job (00:00, 03:45), save the schedule lines in mycronjobs.txt

00 00 * * * ruby path/to/your/script.rb
45 03 * * * path/to/your/script2.sh

Send the jobs to cron (everytime you run this, cron deletes what has been stored and updates with the new information in mycronjobs.txt)

crontab mycronjobs.txt

Extra Useful Information

See current cron jobs

crontab -l

Remove all cron jobs

crontab -r