Scheduling
Scheduling with cron
Cron is used as the de-facto job scheduler for Unix.
Cron stands for "chronograph".
Every user can specify scripts or programs to run at specific time intervals in a text file called "crontab".
Example crontab file
Access/edit crontab file:
crontab -e
cron job definition
* * * * * command to execute
|--<Day of week (0:Sunday to 7)
|--<Month (1 - 12)
|--<Day of month (1 - 31)
|--<Hour (0 - 23)
|--<Minute (0 - 59)
cron shortcuts
Entry | Description | Equivalant |
---|---|---|
@reboot | Run once at starttup | - |
@yearly | Run once a year | 0 0 1 1 * |
@annually | Same as @yearly | 0 0 1 1 * |
@monthly | Run once a month | 0 0 1 * * |
@weekly | Run once a week | 0 0 * * 0 |
@daily | Run once a day | 0 0 * * * |
@midnight | Same as @daily | 0 0 * * * |
@hourly | Run once every hour | 0 * * * * |
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