Add schedule command info to quickstart

Signed-off-by: Nolan Brubaker <[email protected]> Co-authord-by: Giancarlo Rubio <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Nolan Brubaker <[email protected]>
vmware-tanzu · Jul 26, 2018 · fe9d61a · fe9d61a
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@@ -64,6 +64,20 @@ Make sure that you install somewhere in your PATH.
    ark backup create nginx-backup --selector 'backup notin (ignore)'
    ```
 
+1. (Optional) Create regularly scheduled backups based on a cron expression using the `app=nginx` label selector:
+
+    ```
+    ark schedule create nginx-daily --schedule="0 1 * * *" --selector app=nginx
+    ```
+
+    Alternatively, you can use some non-standard shorthand cron expressions:
+
+    ```
+    ark schedule create nginx-daily --schedule="@daily" --selector app=nginx
+    ```
+
+    See the [cron package's documentation][30] for more usage examples.
+
 1. Simulate a disaster:
 
     ```
@@ -146,4 +160,5 @@ kubectl delete -f examples/nginx-app/base.yaml
 
 [3]: cloud-common.md
 [18]: debugging-restores.md
-[26]: https://github.com/heptio/ark/releases
+[26]: https://github.com/heptio/ark/releases
+[30]: https://godoc.org/github.com/robfig/cron