Can I run script on schedule?

Legacy Products My Cloud OS 3
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Hi guys, I was hoping someone can help me determine if this is at all possible. I am trying to automate my dash camera back up at night when i park in my garage. The camera is made Blackvue it connects to my home network and i can set it up to remain on for as long as i need it to. I found a script and detailed explanation how to do so from a Synology NAS but I would really like to find out if i can use MyCloud my firmware is 4.05 and its a single 4tb drive. instructions

any help will be greatly appreciated.

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@bg_rocks
You may want to look at this information. See FAQ> Differences Between My Cloud Products

https://support.wdc.com/product.aspx?ID=904&lang=en

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I have looked over but there is no really anything for ssh

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What do you want? SSH gives you access to the Debian Wheezy that underlies v4 firmware. Provided you don’t use apt, you can use whatever scripting you like.

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I get that idk how to make a schedule for the script to run automatically everyday when i get home

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Research ‘cron’.

It is exactly what you are looking for. Specifically, creating a cron job.

https://debian-administration.org/article/56/Command_scheduling_with_cron

Assuming you are working with a gen1 device (4.xxxxx firmware), you should be able to reliably set a cron job, and have it stick. This is much more difficult to do on gen2 hardware, because of how WD did the firmware on those models.

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Tnx I have never done Cron anything so I will have to read on it I am pretty sure I have gen1 since my firmware is 4.05.xxxx