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Old 06-19-2009, 06:52 AM   #1
radhikasambu
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Question Explain about Cron,Crontab and Cronjob


Hi,

Could you please briefly explain about Cron,Crontab and Cronjob.
what are the functions,features and how to use with example?....

Regards,

Priya

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Old 06-19-2009, 06:53 AM   #2
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Seems to be like a homework......
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron
 
Old 06-19-2009, 06:58 AM   #3
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for details on your system, read through

$ man crontab

and then follow the "see also" references at the bottom. That's pretty explicit about how to set things up. Whether it's homework or not, you can learn a lot about your system just by reading through the relevant man pages.
 
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http://www.adminschoice.com/docs/cro...Crontab%20file
 
  


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