# # this is an example crontab file for telegram-bot-bash # copy it to /etc/cron.d/bashbot # # (c) https://github.com/gnadelwartz # # This file is public domain in the USA and all free countries. # Elsewhere, consider it to be WTFPLv2. (wtfpl.net/txt/copying) # #### $$VERSION$$ v0.98-0-g5b5447e SHELL=/bin/sh PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin: # place your mailadress here MAILTO=root # ┌───────────── minute (0 - 59) # │ ┌───────────── hour (0 - 23) # │ │ ┌───────────── day of the month (1 - 31) # │ │ │ ┌───────────── month (1 - 12) # │ │ │ │ ┌───────────── day of the week (0 - 6) (Sunday to Saturday; # │ │ │ │ │ 7 is also Sunday on some systems) # │ │ │ │ │ # │ │ │ │ │ # * * * * * USER command to execute # * * * * * root echo "run every minute!" # run as www every day at 0:00 plus random sleep between 1-3h 0 0 * * * nobody sleep "${RANDOM:0:4}s" ; /usr/local/telegram-bot-bash/bashbot.sh start # (re)start bot 0 0 * * * nobody sleep "${RANDOM:0:4}s" ; /usr/local/telegram-bot-bash/bashbot.sh resumeback # (re)start background jobs # run as www on 24 of Dec, 12:00 0 12 24 12 * nobody /usr/local/telegram-bot-bash/bashbot.sh broadcast "X-Mas shopping is over!" # broadcast a message