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I think crontab is not a very popular command(i.e, like apt-get). So I thought a bit more detail would be appreciated.

omarachmed 2020-11-23 10:27:09 +05:30
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@ -18,10 +18,13 @@ Initially make sure all the above requirements are met.
Then to get this script to automatically run add this as a cron job under `root` using `sudo crontab -e` but, change the file path to the file path the script is saved.
Run 'sudo crontab -e' in terminal.If running for the first time, it would ask you to choose an editor.
Run 'sudo crontab -e' in terminal. If running for the first time, it would ask you to choose an editor. nano is the recommended one.
Enter this command in a new line:
`0 */12 * * * /path/dnscrypt-proxy-update.sh`
replace 'path' with where you saved the dnscrypt-proxy-update.sh file.
This script needs to be run as `root`.
It assumes that you are running Linux on an `x86_64` CPU. Change `linux` and `x86_64` in the `PLATFORM` and `CPU_ARCH` variables respectivly to the actual platform you are running if it is different (for example, on a Raspberry Pi, it should probably be `linux_arm` instead of `linux_x86_64`).