how to run a bash script in background automatically?

Question

I need to write a bash script that automatically deletes temp files, and runs in the background each day.

#!/bin/bash  
while true;  
do      
    rm  /home/c/temp/*
    sleep 24h
done

but it doesn't work

Take a look at cron / crontab for this sort of thing .. or maybe a cron.daily file. : http://serverfault.com/questions/135906/when-does-cron-daily-run — FreudianSlip, Apr 01 '16 at 14:02

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 01 '16 at 17:15

2

write a shell script

rm /home/c/temp/*

and add a line in the crontab

crontab -e

add the line

0 12 * * * path/to/script

It will execute you script every day at midday.

edited Apr 01 '16 at 17:15

Jiri Tousek

answered Apr 01 '16 at 14:05

John Doe

1

You would probably want to recommend removal of the unnecessary single-quotes around `temp`, but that's just a style issue... – David C. Rankin Apr 01 '16 at 14:08
Yes a just copy paste the line. – John Doe Apr 01 '16 at 14:30

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