exampleCrontab

# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
#
# Each task to run has to be defined through a single line
# indicating with different fields when the task will be run
# and what command to run for the task
#
# To define the time you can provide concrete values for
# minute (m), hour (h), day of month (dom), month (mon),
# and day of week (dow) or use '*' in these fields (for 'any').#
# Notice that tasks will be started based on the cron's system
# daemon's notion of time and timezones.
#
# Output of the crontab jobs (including errors) is sent through
# email to the user the crontab file belongs to (unless redirected).
#
# For example, you can run a backup of all your user accounts
# at 5 a.m every week with:
# 0 5 * * 1 tar -zcf /var/backups/home.tgz /home/
#
# For more information see the manual pages of crontab(5) and cron(8)
#
# m h  dom mon dow   command

MAILTO=mail@you.net

# Rsnapshot

# Hourly
# try a couple of times every 4 hours (specific hours to ensure that the dailies will work)
44,49,54 2,6,10,14,18,22 * * * /your/path/to/rsnapshot-once.py -c /your/path/to/your-rsnapshot.conf hourly

# DAILY
# Try a couple of times a night, 8-11pm
59 21,22,23 * * * /your/path/to/rsnapshot-once.py -c /your/path/to/your-rsnapshot.conf daily

# WEEKLY
# Try for 3 consecutive days, a couple of times a night, Mon-Wed 8-11pm
0 20,21,22,23 * * 1,2,3 /your/path/to/rsnapshot-once.py -c /your/path/to/your-rsnapshot.conf weekly

# MONTHLY
# Try on 4 consecutive days, a couple of times a night, 1st-4th of each month
57 20,21 1,2,3,4 * * /your/path/to/rsnapshot-once.py -c /your/path/to/your-rsnapshot.conf monthly