Skip one-click backup apps. This rsync script gives you full control over what gets saved and when, plus logs and a few hard-won lessons.

Have you ever wanted to force a script to act differently when it is invoked by cron? If the script is run interactively, for example, you might want the script to prompt the user for some information ...

"It is certainly a tool that every system administrator should be aware of and use to automate mundane routine tasks such as backups and taking applications offline." It's common to need an action ...

Cron is not in charge; you are. All you need to do is tell it what you want done and when you want it done. Most of my Unix admin cronies cut their teeth on tools like cron. There is nearly nothing as ...