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| # Reference: https://crontab.guru/ | |
| # Note: 'chronic' is a utility installed using 'moreutils' from homebrew and is needed so that a successful run of any cron job does not cause a mail to get generated | |
| # Env | |
| SHELL=/opt/homebrew/bin/zsh | |
| USERNAME=vijay | |
| HOME="/Users/${USERNAME}" | |
| DOTFILES_DIR="${HOME}/.dotfiles" | |
| PERSONAL_PROFILES_DIR="${HOME}/personal/${USERNAME}/profiles" | |
| # Needed for chronic to be in the PATH | |
| PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:/usr/bin | |
| 0 */3 * * * chronic zsh -lsc "${DOTFILES_DIR}/scripts/software-updates-cron.sh" | |
| # Note: Commented out since this causes system memory to be used up and the whole OS crashes. Better to run this manually as needed. | |
| # 15 * * * * chronic zsh -lsc "git -C \"${HOME}\" cc; git -C \"${PERSONAL_PROFILES_DIR}\" cc" |
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