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From: Sebastian Mark <smark@posteo.net>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2024 22:13:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] doc: update README with cronjob instructions
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- add section about recommended crontab usage
- provide example of how to set up cron job for dc-ops
- remind users to set up logrotate for the log file

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 README.md | 8 ++++++++
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@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ See `requirements.txt`
 2. Adapt `config.yml.example` to your needs and save it as `config.yml`
 3. Run `dc-ops` from the shell or from a cron job
 
+### Cron
+
+Recommended crontab usage:
+
+`*/15 * * * * python3 /opt/dc-ops/dc-ops 2>&1 | ts "\%FT\%H:\%M:\%S" >>/var/log/dc-ops.log`
+
+(do not forget logrotate)
+
 ## Parameters
 
 See `dc-ops --help`