Timed ssh script?

[ps2cho]

Ok guys heres the deal...

On my server that i host for counter-strike i want it to restart the program at like 3:30am every day.
Is there some way to do this?
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[Teetante]

why not use a cronjob on the server?
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[ps2cho]

im not sure how to do that
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[Teetante]

Look at
Gentoo Linux Cron Guide and
Gentoo Wiki: How to use Cron for a few examples.
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[tlailax]

as the user running the job :

[ps2cho]

what about if i wanted to have the server console say something to the users?

Here is an example:

3:25AM -- Server says to any players playing "The Server will be restarted to ensure optimal performance in 5minutes time. Thank you for playing"

3:30AM -- Server reboots

is this possible?
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[Teetante]

You can do everything in a cronjob you could do in your own shell, so if you can send text messages to the server from the shell you can do it in a cronjob the same way.
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[ps2cho]

i tried to read those guides but its complicated...
I dont know which cron to use first of all. I dont want to get the wrong one. Which is the best one to suit my issue?
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[Teetante]

It's not really important which one you use, I use dcron and have not had any problems with it.
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[ps2cho]

Ok i emerged it and in the cron.daily folder i put basically what i have in my hlds_2.sh file into a hlds_2.cron file then chmod +x 'd it.

But how do i make it so it does it at a specific Time instead of 12:00(or whatever time it does it) daily ?
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[Teetante]

Look at /etc/crontab. Syntax is like this:

[ps2cho]

EDIT: oh sorry i didnt read the last line that puts it all together

Ok i'll give it a try.

Should the /etc/crontab be empty ? just wondering...

...

Oh wait there isnt a file called crontab. ?
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[tlailax]

my /etc/crontab sais that dcron (or fcron which i use) will not use /etc/cron.daily by default unless you include the contents of /etc/crontab in root's crontab.

and since when does the crontab format need a <user> element before the command ? fcron and vcron at least don't (fcron allowes for more flags, but before the minute element, not between the dow and command)

if you want the simplest cron i suggest vcron, and edit a single user's crontab using crontab -e ( run as the user owning the cron)

putting a job in /etc/cron.daily will make it run daily, but with the time specified in /etc/crontab. if you want to set a different time either modify that time, or better, edit the user specific crontab.
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[tlailax]

/etc/crontab should not be empty (it can be, but i've never seen the default file empty)
the default contains at least 5 cron jobs.
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