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Trying to create a cron to Rsync then tar the folder

I'm stuck at the first hurdle! I want to run a couple of commands from a bash script. First something like this to rsync some directories: rsync -e ssh -az [email protected]:/home ...
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command for counting number of active cron jobs in crontabs

Problem statement I have 5 solaris boxes, some have Solaris 10 and some have Solaris 9. All of them have many cronjobs in their crontabs. I would like to know number of active cronjobs available, so ...
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Running cron script with lynx fails to work

I'm trying to automate a login process that can only be done through a browser. I am using the lynx browser to script the actions required to do this. Lynx does this by dumping a user's keystrokes ...
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Is there any handy command line tool to manage Cron jobs?

Would someone suggest any handy command line (NOT web) tool or script which adds, enables and disables Cron jobs? I am looking, for example, for the following (or similar) behavior: sh manageCron.sh ...
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Using rsync in a cronjob when a password is needed

Basically I have a bash script that fetches Data from my server to perform a backup. As it is now I have to start that script manually and enter the password and then wait for it to finish. I would ...
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Correct locking in shell scripts?

Sometimes you have to make sure that only one instance of a shell script is running at the same time. For example a cron job which is executed via crond that does not provide locking on its own (e.g. ...
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How can I delete all files in a folder that haven't been accessed in a certain amount of time?

I'd like to run a nightly cron job that deletes all the files in a folder that haven't been accessed in a week or more. What is the most efficient way to do this in bash?
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Add a one-off scheduled task through a shell script?

I'd like to execute a task at a given time, once. I know I can just use crontab -e to add it there, but I'd like to do that through a shellscript. crontab -e gives me some temporary file to edit ...