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Tinker: Created page with "'''cron''' is a background process (a daemon) that wakes up every minute & checks '''crontab''' files for tasks to run. These files might belong to '''root''' or to individual user accounts on the machine. =The crontab file= For details about how to create crontab entries, see: *<code>man 5 crontab</code> *[https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1072 Crontab Syntax Tutorial] ==Editing your personal crontab file:== *<code>crontab -e</code> ==Editing the root c..."
2021-12-27T05:00:56Z
<p>Created page with "'''cron''' is a background process (a daemon) that wakes up every minute & checks '''crontab''' files for tasks to run. These files might belong to '''root''' or to individual user accounts on the machine. =The crontab file= For details about how to create crontab entries, see: *<code>man 5 crontab</code> *[https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1072 Crontab Syntax Tutorial] ==Editing your personal crontab file:== *<code>crontab -e</code> ==Editing the root c..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''cron''' is a background process (a daemon) that wakes up every minute & checks '''crontab''' files for tasks to run. These files might belong to '''root''' or to individual user accounts on the machine.<br />
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=The crontab file=<br />
For details about how to create crontab entries, see:<br />
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*<code>man 5 crontab</code><br />
*[https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1072 Crontab Syntax Tutorial]<br />
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==Editing your personal crontab file:==<br />
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*<code>crontab -e</code><br />
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==Editing the root crontab file:==<br />
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*<code>sudo crontab -e</code><br />
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=starting/stopping/restarting=<br />
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*<code>sudo service cron start</code><br />
*<code>sudo service cron stop</code><br />
*<code>sudo service cron restart</code><br />
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=logs=<br />
cron logs are rolled into syslog<br />
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*<code>grep CRON /var/log/syslog</code></div>
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