Mint Serena 64 bit using the Mate desktop environment. Most of the following scripts will run on this machine, although some have only been tested with the Gnome desktop. Extra software requirements can be met by the Ubuntu and safe PPA repositories. Scripts may be re-written or added to from time to time, the date serves as the version number. Syntax highlighting on these pages is provided by GVim's "Convert to HTML" option.

Crontab ideas

All active "tabs" should be on one line, ie no "newlines" "carriage returns" or "\ line breaks"

My root crontab in /home/<user>/.crontabs

PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
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# Save file as root_crontab.cron. Use it to load your crontab with command:
# sudo crontab .crontabs/root_crontab.cron; sudo crontab -l
#############################################################################
# All active "tabs" should be on one line, ie no "newlines" or "\ breaks"

# Firewall block statistics compiled by fwanalog every 6 hrs
05 */6 * * * export DISPLAY=:0 && /home/<user>/.scripts/security_scripts/fwlogcron > /dev/null 2>&1

# Shutdown transmission, if still running for some reason!
55 06 * * * killall -w transmission-gtk > /dev/null 2>&1

# Download system updates during unmetered ADSL and log but don't install.
29 02 * * * echo "\n\n"$(date) >> /home/<user>/auto-update.log; (apt-get -qq update && apt-get -y -d upgrade) >> /home/<user>/auto-update.log

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My user crontab in /home/<user>/.crontabs

#############################################################################
# Save this file as crontab.cron. Use it to load your crontab with command:
# crontab .crontabs/crontab.cron; crontab -l
#############################################################################
# All active "tabs" should be on one line, ie no "newlines" or "\ breaks"

# 19:30 every third day run of "ClamAV-scan" script to check home directory
30 19 */3 * * export DISPLAY=:0 && /$HOME/.scripts/ClamAV-scan > /dev/null 2>&1

# Every 6 hours "Back In Time" backup job, all of home directory.
00 */6 * * * export DISPLAY=:0 && /$HOME/.scripts/Backup >/dev/null 2>&1

# Unmetered ADSL access reminder 0200 + 10mins.
10 02 * * * export DISPLAY=:0 && /$HOME/.scripts/unmetered_rem.sh >/dev/null 2>&1
# Check Gmail every 2hrs @ 10 past the hour.10 */2 * * * export DISPLAY=:0 && /$HOME/Private/gmail.sh >/dev/null 2>&1

# Run PVR to check every 2 hours for followed TV episodes.
37 */2 * * * export DISPLAY=:0 && /$HOME/.scripts/PVR/mypvr.sh >/dev/null 2>&1

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