Cron job for beginner, please help

Hi,

I’m trying to set up a cron job. Specifically for previewgenerator.

How do I do this?

Where are the cron files located?

Thank you.

https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/11/admin_manual/configuration_server/background_jobs_configuration.html

Usually in /var/spool/cron

Maybe you can use a webcron service called easycron.com to trigger the script to run, it very easy to set up and supports multiple configurations.

You have to add a cron job like
*/10 * * * * /var/www/html/occ preview:pre-generate
This will generate previews for new files every 10 minutes.

Make sure the right user (www-data) runs that script.
With cron installed, you can simply use crontab -u www-data -e to add the line.

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