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Cron jobs

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 12:11 pm
by moiseszaragoza
By any chance dose any one knows what are the Cron jobs and how do I use them?

Re: Cron jobs

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 12:17 pm
by Chris Corbyn
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" ;)

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 12:19 pm
by moiseszaragoza
Thanks

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 12:26 pm
by foobar
"Ladies ang gentlemen, that was the 3847th episode of the popular series What are Cronjobs?. See you next week!" :P

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:45 pm
by trukfixer
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 ;)

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 3:30 pm
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.

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 3:44 pm
by foobar
Ambush Commander wrote:You mean cronejobs?
Cronejobs ain't a word. :wink:

Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:17 am
by Bill H
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.

Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:38 am
by Johnm
Here is a link that will be helpful.


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

John M