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By any chance dose any one knows what are the Cron jobs and how do I use them?
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moiseszaragoza wrote:By any chance dose any one knows what are the Cron jobs and how do I use them?
It's task scheduling for Unix/Linux systems. The keyword you need to search for is "crontab" ;)
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"Ladies ang gentlemen, that was the 3847th episode of the popular series What are Cronjobs?. See you next week!" :P
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Oh.. damn.. and I always thougth those were the .. uhh .. well .. what you might receive from an old warty witch , instead of your friendly local streetwalker ;)
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Post by Ambush Commander »

You mean cronejobs?

Anyway, this is exactly how questions like this should be answered. A short, polite answer with a pithy explanation and a quick link/google term.
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Ambush Commander wrote:You mean cronejobs?
Cronejobs ain't a word. :wink:
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Anyway, this is exactly how questions like this should be answered. A short, polite answer with a pithy explanation and a quick link/google term.
Yep. It was "rtfm" done with great courtesy, friendliness and a "you are welcome here" approach. Very nice. d11wtq and people of that ilk are what makes this forum an ongoing pleasure.
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Post by Johnm »

Here is a link that will be helpful.


http://www.adminschoice.com/docs/crontab.htm

John M
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