User`s guide

b. Edit your crontab file to execute your scripts that process, reduce and report on the data.
i. Retrieve your current cron file.
You will be adding jobs to your crontab file. Retrieve your current crontab file with the following
command:
crontab -l > my_crontab
ii. Edit my_crontab file.
Add the following lines to
my_crontab :
# Backup your pdb at 00:04 every night
04 00 * * * cp -r /u/me/pdb-production /u/me/pdb-backup 2>&1
| mail your_userid
# Run CxPROCES and CPREDUCE at 00:05 every night
05 00 * * * /tmp/
pr_script 2>&1 | mail your_userid
# Daily reports each morning at 03:05
05 03 * * * /tmp/
csbatrep -d 2>&1 | mail your_userid
# Weekly reports each Sunday morning at 03:20
20 03 * * 0 /tmp/
csbatrep -w 2>&1 | mail your_userid
# Monthly reports each first day of month at 03:35
35 03 1 * * /tmp/
csbatrep -m 2>&1 | mail your_userid
where your_userid is your e-mail address, pr_script is the script that processes and reduces raw data
into your PDB, and csbatrep runs the reports on the data in the PDB.
iii. Replace your current cron file with the one that you just edited.
Issue the following command:
crontab my_crontab
Follow the documentation for your scheduling software to automate the running of your production batch scripts that
process, reduce, and report on your data.