In assignment 9, I learned how to create a shell script to automate tasks. I made a script to back up a user’s home directory by making a .tar file as well as a crontab to execute a scheduled command.

The asterisk system used for crontab was hard for me to completely understand at the time. I accidentally made the crontab run every minute instead of every 3 minutes. I now know how to properly make scheduled tasks, which is very useful for creating backups.