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

Sometimes you'll need to specify PATH and GEM_PATH using crontab with rvm.

Like this:

# top of crontab file
PATH=/home/user_name/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/bin:/home/user_name/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0@global/bin:/home/user_name/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.$
GEM_PATH=/home/user_name/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0:/home/user_name/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0@global

# jobs
00 00 * * * ruby path/to/your/script.rb
00 */4 * * * ruby path/to/your/script2.rb
00 8,12,22 * * * ruby path/to/your/script3.rb