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'''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. | '''cron''' is a background process (a [[Linux - daemon|daemon]]) that wakes up every minute & checks '''crontab''' files for tasks to run. These files might belong to '''[[Linux - root|root]]''' or to individual user accounts on the machine. | ||
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*<code>grep CRON /var/log/syslog</code> | *<code>grep CRON /var/log/syslog</code> | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:28, 3 January 2022
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:
man 5 crontab- Crontab Syntax Tutorial
Editing your personal crontab file:
crontab -e
Editing the root crontab file:
sudo crontab -e
starting/stopping/restarting
sudo service cron startsudo service cron stopsudo service cron restart
logs
cron logs are rolled into syslog
grep CRON /var/log/syslog