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recycle/cron.bash

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Function to create a cron job
+create_cron_job() {
+  user=$1         # Username for the cron job
+  minute=$2       # Minute of the hour (0-59)
+  hour=$3         # Hour of the day (0-23)
+  day_of_month=$4 # Day of the month (1-31)
+  month=$5       # Month of the year (1-12)
+  day_of_week=$6 # Day of the week (0-6, Sunday is 0)
+  command=$7      # Command to execute
+
+  # Construct the cron job line
+  cron_line="${minute} ${hour} ${day_of_month} ${month} ${day_of_week} ${command}"
+
+  # Add the cron job for the specified user.  Redirects stderr to stdout.
+  (crontab -u yankee -l 2>/dev/null; echo "$cron_line") | crontab -u yankee -
+
+  echo "Cron job added for user $user:"
+
+  echo "$cron_line"
+
+}
+
+whoami
+
+# Example usage:
+user="yankee"
+minute="*" # 4:20 PM
+hour="*"   # 4 PM in 24-hour format
+day_of_month="*" # Every day of the month
+month="*"       # Every month
+day_of_week="*"  # Every day of the week
+
+command="cd /yankee-gnome-fire-consumer/; /bin/bash consumer.bash"
+
+create_cron_job "$user" "$minute" "$hour" "$day_of_month" "$month" "$day_of_week" "$command"
+
+
+# Example with different schedule (e.g., every Monday at 2:00 AM):
+# user="yankee"
+# minute="0"
+# hour="2"
+# day_of_month="*"
+# month="*"
+# day_of_week="1"  # Monday (0 is Sunday, 1 is Monday, etc.)
+# command="/tmp/another_script.sh"
+
+# create_cron_job "$user" "$minute" "$hour" "$day_of_month" "$month" "$day_of_week" "$command"