diff --git a/docs/markdown/location/cron.md b/docs/markdown/location/cron.md index cd7a850..1baac08 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/location/cron.md +++ b/docs/markdown/location/cron.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Cron -Often it is usefully to trigger backups automatically. For this we can specify a `cron` attribute to each location. +Often it is useful to trigger backups automatically. For this, we can specify a `cron` attribute to each location. ```yaml | .autorestic.yml locations: @@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ locations: cron: '0 3 * * 0' # Every Sunday at 3:00 ``` -Here is a awesome website with [some examples](https://crontab.guru/examples.html) and an [explorer](https://crontab.guru/) +Here is an awesome website with [some examples](https://crontab.guru/examples.html) and an [explorer](https://crontab.guru/). ## Installing the cron -**This has to be done only once, regardless of now many cron jobs you have in your config file.** +**This has to be done only once, regardless of how many cron jobs you have in your config file.** To actually enable cron jobs you need something to call `autorestic cron` on a timed schedule. Note that the schedule has nothing to do with the `cron` attribute in each location. -My advise would be to trigger the command every 5min, but if you have a cronjob that runs only once a week, it's probably enough to schedule it once a day. +My advice would be to trigger the command every 5min, but if you have a cronjob that runs only once a week, it's probably enough to schedule it once a day. ### Crontab @@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ To debug a cron job you can use Now you can add as many `cron` attributes as you wish in the config file ⏱ -> Also note that manually triggered backups with `autorestic backup` will not influence the cron timeline, they are willingly not linked. +> Also note that manually triggered backups with `autorestic backup` will not influence the cron timeline, they are intentionally not linked. > :ToCPrevNext