If you're looking to automate tasks in Linux, cron is the tool to use. Find out how it's done here.

I am supposed to add a line to my crontab but have no idea how.I am quite the newb when it comes to linux. I have just set up an qmail server from some instructions I have. But it says to use ...

To use this, you add conjobs to your user’s crontab file. Log on to your Linux server and issue the command: ...