kojiro 1182627589 learn Cron is a tool for running commands on a periodic schedule. kojiro 1182627606 forget kojiro 1182627629 learn Cron is a tool for running commands on a periodic schedule. 'at' is an alternative in some systems. sjohnson 1352233543 forget sjohnson 1352233549 learn Cron is a tool for running commands on a periodic schedule. 'at' is an alternative in some systems. Its syntax is OS-dependent. greycat 1352233605 forget greycat 1352233668 learn Cron runs jobs on a scheduled basis; 'at' runs them once. See 'man 5 crontab' (Linux) or 'man crontab' (everything else) for syntax. Note: some implementations have an extra field for username. lhunath 1380153303 forget lhunath 1380153503 learn Cron is used for scheduling recurring jobs. at(1) is used for scheduling a job to run once at a given date. crontab -e, /etc/crontab or /etc/periodic are places where you can configure jobs. The most common problems with cron jobs are using %'s in a crontab (must be doubled: date +%%Y) and having a different environment (eg. PATH/SHELL). See man 5 crontab notadev 1413437387 forget notadev 1413437491 learn Cron is used for scheduling recurring jobs. at(1) is used for scheduling a job to run once at a given date. crontab -e, /etc/crontab or /etc/periodic are places where you can configure jobs. The most common problems with cron jobs are using %'s in a crontab (must be escaped, either doubled: date +%%Y or backslash: date +\%Y) and having a different environment (eg. PATH/SHELL). See man 5 crontab Boobuigi 1424917758 forget Boobuigi 1424917774 learn Cron is used for scheduling recurring jobs. at(1) is used for scheduling one-time jobs. crontab -e, /etc/crontab or /etc/periodic are places where you can configure jobs. The most common problems with cron jobs %'s in a crontab (escape, either with date +%%Y or date +\%Y), commands that rely on $DISPLAY, and having a different environment (eg. PATH/SHELL). See man 5 crontab. Boobuigi 1424917910 forget Boobuigi 1424917934 learn Cron is used for scheduling recurring jobs. at(1) is used for scheduling one-time jobs. crontab -e, /etc/crontab or /etc/periodic are places where you can configure jobs. The most common problems with cron jobs include %'s in a crontab (escape, either with date +%%Y or date +\%Y), commands that rely on $DISPLAY, and having a different environment (eg. PATH/SHELL). See man 5 crontab. geirha 1569229930 forget geirha 1569229951 learn Cron is used for scheduling recurring jobs. at(1) is used for scheduling one-time jobs. crontab -e, /etc/crontab or /etc/periodic are places where you can configure jobs. The most common problems with cron jobs include %'s in a crontab (escape with backslash: date +\%Y), commands that rely on $DISPLAY, and having a different environment (eg. PATH/SHELL). See man 5 crontab.