cron language code example

Example 1: cronjob set time

Min
Hour
Day of Month
Month
Day of Week

// * * * * * cd /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/project_name && Console/cake SendEmail staging
// Example
// 0 23 * * * cd /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/project_name && Console/cake SendEmail staging

Example 2: cron

# Example of job definition:
# .---------------- minute (0 - 59)
# |  .------------- hour (0 - 23)
# |  |  .---------- day of month (1 - 31)
# |  |  |  .------- month (1 - 12) OR jan,feb,mar,apr ...
# |  |  |  |  .---- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0 or 7) OR sun,mon,tue,wed,thu,fri,sat
# |  |  |  |  |
# *  *  *  *  * user-name  command to be executed

# Set the hardware clock to keep it in sync with the more accurate system clock
03 05 * * * /sbin/hwclock --systohc

# Perform monthly updates on the first of the month
# 25 04 1 * * /usr/bin/dnf -y update