Added info about calling script by cron

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@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ In order to create a backup, simply call the script *NextcloudBackup.sh* on your
 If this script is called without parameter, the backup is saved in a directory with the current time stamp in your main backup directory: As an example, this would be */media/hdd/nextcloud_backup/20170910_132703*.
 The backup script can also be called with a parameter specifiying the main backup directory, e.g. *./NextcloudBackup.sh /media/hdd/nextcloud_backup*. In this case, the directory specified will be used as main backup directory. 
 
+You can also call this script by cron. Example (at 2am every night, with log output):
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+`0 2 * * * /path/to/scripts/Nextcloud-Backup-Restore/NextcloudBackup.sh  > /path/to/logs/Nextcloud-Backup-$(date +\%Y\%m\%d\%H\%M\%S).log 2>&1`
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 ## Restore
 
 For restore, just call *NextcloudRestore.sh*. This script expects at least one parameter specifying the name of the backup to be restored. In our example, this would be *20170910_132703* (the time stamp of the backup created before). The full command for a restore would be *./NextcloudRestore.sh 20170910_132703*.