Cron job to automate backup????

[kpanic]

Hi,

You need to set EDITOR environment variable to some text editor.
I use nano here, you may use emacs, vi or anything really
For example:

shell >  export EDITOR=nano
shell >  crontab -e

## Insert or append a line like:
# min hour day_of_the_month  month  day_of_the_week  command
# So 5 past midnight of every Tuesday do...

5 0 * * 2  tar -cf  ~/back.tar  ~/Documents && mv ~/back.tar  /where-ever  2>&1 > /dev/null

# Save settings = CTRL+O
# exit = CTRL+X