This repo contains scripts for creating a cron job which runs weekly and touches all of the files in your $SCRATCH directory, so that they do not get deleted.
The code assumes you've cloned the repo in your $HOME directory. If cloned in a different location, the file paths in qsub_touch.sh and cron-file.txt need to be updated.
NOTE: this is not a fail-proof method, so please make sure any important files are moved to a file location that is safe/backed up.
Instructions:
- Make sure that qsub_touch.sh and run_touch.sh have user execute permissions. If not, run:
chmod u+x *_touch.sh - If the repo was not cloned in your $HOME directory:
- Modify the cron-file.txt file to point to your qsub_touch.sh file
- Modify the qsub_touch.sh file to change to the code repo
- Install the crontab from the cron file (NOTE: this will destroy existing crontab entries!):
crontab cron-file.txt - Verify the crontab was installed:
crontab -l