ibm.com — You need to run a job at midnight when system usage is low, or you need to run jobs daily or weekly, but you would rather be sleeping, or enjoying life in some other way.Linux and UNIX systems allow you to schedule jobs in the future,either just once, or on a recurring schedule. This article,shows you how to schedule jobs periodically...
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Closed AccountJul 30, 2008
f**k you, two of my friends died using cron
b5c9Jul 30, 2008
UNIX/Linux 101?
oldhickJul 30, 2008
No way!!!
wrongheadJul 30, 2008
AWESOME! I wish I knew about this back in 1996.Oh......Wait...I did know about this in 1996.
sysop073Jul 30, 2008
Why did this have to turn into an anti-Microsoft thing? Nobody said "Linux has cron and Windows doesn't let you schedule jobs because it blows", it's just an article about how to use cron.
jeebusroxorsJul 31, 2008
A well commented crontab beats going to digg any day.