How to write bash script that autoruns every 10 min?
bash, cron
Solution
Type the following command to enter cronjob:
$ crontab -e
To get crontab to run a task every 10 minutes you could type as follow:
*/10 * * * * /path_to_script
See additional read for it:
Wikipedia
cron-every-5-minutes
cron job every 5 minutes starting from a specific time
Problem
I've been working on a project and I would so not like it to be taken by system crash. So I wrote a script to backup my whole project directory into Dropbox. But I had to run it every 10 min, if I could remember to do that. Question: any way to auto-it-up?