Here's a crontab example that shows how to run a command from the cron daemon once every day

0 1 * * * /var/www/backup.sh

crontab: invalid option -- -

crontab: usage error: unrecognized option

usage:  crontab [-u user] file

        crontab [-u user] [ -e | -l | -r ]

                (default operation is replace, per 1003.2)

        -e      (edit user's crontab)

        -l      (list user's crontab)

        -r      (delete user's crontab)

        -i      (prompt before deleting user's crontab)