Example: sudo -i crontab -e
reindex locate db daily
0 0 * * * /usr/bin/updatedb
Code:
MIN = Minute 0-60 HOUR = Hour [24-hour clock] 0-23
MDAY = Day of Month 1-31
MON = Month 1-12 OR jan,feb,mar,apr ...
DOW = Day of Week 0-6 OR sun,mon,tue,wed,thu,fri,sat COMMAND = Command to be run Any valid command-line
@reboot Run once, at startup. None
@yearly Run once a year 0 0 1 1 *
@annually (same as @yearly) 0 0 1 1 *
@monthly Run once a month 0 0 1 * *
@weekly Run once a week 0 0 * * 0
@daily Run once a day 0 0 * * *
@midnight (same as @daily) 0 0 * * *
@hourly Run once an hour 0 * * * *