How to run code using crontab on raspberry pi

Question

I have to run code on the boot of raspberrypi. I am doing using this by below command

@reboot while true; do timeout 600 python3 TestProgram.py; sleep 4; done &

My program is not running. Please suggest me some corrections. Thanks in advance.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 10 '19 at 00:39

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There is some codes on this link.

@reboot python /home/pi/myscript.py

You need to save your python file in the folder '/home/pi/'

answered Apr 10 '19 at 00:39

sauceishere

Thanks sir. I was not giving the path of the file. But, it is required to put & at last always. I donot know why? – Manu Apr 10 '19 at 00:52

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