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Date:      Thu, 5 Apr 2001 11:35:30 +0100
From:      Mark Drayton <mark.drayton@4thwave.co.uk>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Adding scripts to periodic?
Message-ID:  <20010405113530.A10367@tethys.valhalla.net>
In-Reply-To: <ED917D1F7E5D96439A2822CE966C2CB909087C@ilexc01.everad.com>; from DanielM@EverAd.com on Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 12:11:59PM %2B0200
References:  <ED917D1F7E5D96439A2822CE966C2CB909087C@ilexc01.everad.com>

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Daniel Mester (DanielM@EverAd.com) wrote:
> What the steps should i take to add my own scripts to run with
> "periodic"?
> I would like to run some scripts weekly - but i cannot realize where
> to start. I know i can use 'crontab' this way.

You need to make the directory /usr/local/etc/periodic/weekly. Put your
scripts in there (making sure they are executable) and they'll be run
once a week. See periodic(8) and periodic.conf(5) for more info.

Cheers,

-- 

Mark Drayton

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