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by Whil Hentzen
Length: 13 pgs
Formats Available: PDF
Press date: 2004/6/17
Source code: N/A
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Abstract
You can't get far in the Linux world without hearing the words, "Oh, just set up a cronjob to do that for you!" Cron? Cronjob? Sounds uncomfortable, maybe even a bit nasty. This whitepaper describes what cron is and how to use it. It describes what cron, cronjobs and crontabs are, how cron works, how to edit crontabs and how to set up cronjobs, and how to work with cron output via email and log files.
Table of Contents
1. Preface
1.1. Copyright
1.2. Revisions
1.2.1. History
1.2.2. New version
1.2.3. Feedback and Corrections
1.3. Acknowledgements
1.4. Disclaimer
1.5. Prerequisites
2. Cron definition - what is it and what does it do?
3. How cron works - the pieces and the plumbing
4. Examples of what cron can do
5. The cron daemon - checking if it is installed and running
6. All about the crontab file
6.1. Location
6.2. Contents - cronjobs
6.3. Advanced contents - environment settings
7. Crontab editing requirements and issues
7.1. A 30 second tutorial on using vi
7.2. Changing the system editor to your favorite editor
7.3. Using your favorite editor without changing the system editor
8. Crontab file maintenance
8.1. Create a crontab
8.2. Examine an existing crontab
8.3. Edit an existing crontab
8.3.1. Add a new job
8.3.2. Remove an existing job
8.3.3. Temporarily remove an existing job
8.4. Delete a crontab
8.5. Editing the systemwide crontab
8.6. Editing a user's crontab as admin
9. Working with cron results
9.1. Output via mail
9.1.1. How cron's default mailing behavior works
9.1.2. Changing cron's default mailing behavior
9.1.3. Suppressing mail
9.2. Directing output to a log file
10. Tutorial
11. Super-duper advanced stuff
12. Where to go for more information
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