How to add crontab job

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Add crontab job

sudo crontab -e

Crontab-step1.png

Choose "1" then press Enter

Add a line at the end of the file that reads like this:

@reboot python /home/pi/x735-v2.5/pwm_fan_control.py

or

@reboot python /home/pi/x-c1/fan.py

or

or any other job you want to run automatically after boot

Please make sure that the file path and file name are correct

you can place the other shell command.

Crontab-step2.png

Save and exit (CTRK + O and ENTER to save it). In nano editor, you do that by hitting CTRL + X, answering Y and hitting Enter when prompted.

Please run 'sudo reboot' to reboot device to enable crontab job.

Remove crontab job

sudo crontab -e

then remove the command line by yourself.


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