how to create a cron job on the EX4100

[JediNite]

@landreatini,

Have yu checked out this link ?

Crontab Demystified

A crontab file has five fields for specifying time intervals, followed by the command to be executed. * * * * * command to be executed - - - - - | | | | | | | | | +----- day of week (0-6 or 1-7) (Sunday = 0 and 7) | | | +--------- month (1-12) | | +------------- day of month (1-31) | +----------------- hour (0-23) +--------------------- minute (0-59) In a Linux crontab file, day of week is unique because 0 and 7 both stand for Sunday, where one …

Someone has already done an article on how to create a cron job on the EX4100 units. From what you are describing above where the unit “disconnects from the network”, I am wondering if you are having the same issue with your unit as I am with mine. I think there is either some kind of software issue or hardware issue with the unit, that causes it to kernel panic and this results in the unit becoming non-responsive. Long threads on this already (search on EX4100 and unresponsive).

Others with EX4100 units have indicated that they have successfully got them RMAed with WD, so if you are seeing the same issue, it might be worth pursuing that avenue.

Cheers,

JediNite