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<man>crontab</man> |
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cron is a [[unix]], solaris utility that allows tasks to be automatically run in the background at regular intervals by the cron daemon. These tasks are often termed as cron jobs in unix , solaris. |
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Crontab (CRON TABle) is a file which contains the schedule of cron entries to be run and at specified times. |
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To edit your crontab use: |
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crontab -e |
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The format of the crontab file is as follows: |
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Minute (0-59) Hour (0-23) Day of Month (1-31) Month (1-12 or Jan-Dec) Day of Week (0-6 or Sun-Sat) Command |
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[http://www.pantz.org/os/linux/programs/cron.shtml Cron and Crontab usage and examples] |
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[http://www.ss64.com/osx/crontab.html Crontab on OSX] |
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