#!/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 "$user" -l 2>/dev/null; echo "$cron_line") | crontab -u "$user" -

  echo "Cron job added for user $user:"
  echo "$cron_line"
}

whoami

# Example usage:
user="yankee"
minute="20" # 4:20 PM
hour="16"   # 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="/tmp/file.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"