[plug] cron job advice

[Byron Hammond]

I would go the systemd timer as mentioned earlier

from my mobile

On Wed, 15 June 2022, 8:00 am Onno Benschop, <onno at itmaze.com.au> wrote:

> Run it @reboot, then in a loop wait/sleep until ping returns a result,
> then run your command.
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> On Tue, 14 June 2022, 19:33 , <leighton at clucas.eu> wrote:
>
>> A problem I would like some help with:
>>
>> 1. I want to set up a cron job that runs 5 minutes after boot to run a
>> script from github. It needs to happen say 5 minutes after boot to ensure
>> that an internet connection has been established. I can use @reboot but
>> that would occur immediately on boot when there would be no internet.
>>
>> Would @reboot +5 be an option?
>>
>> Any advice
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Leighton
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