CronJob
cron is the time based job schedular in unix like computer OS. cron enable users to schedule jobs ( command or script ). to
run periodically at certain time or dates. It is commanly used to automate system maintenance or administration.
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crontab file format
Min Hours day mounth day_of_week command
min – 0-59
hours 0-23
day 1-31
month 1-12
day_of_week 0-6
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1> edit cron of particular user
#crontab -e -u username
2>list cron of particular user
#crontab -l -u username
3>remove cron of particular user
#crontab -r -u username
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Example
1> set cron run at 9:30AM every day
30 09 * * * /bin/echo “Hi’
2> set cron to run every 5 min
*/5 * * * * /bin/echo “Hi”
#service crond restart
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Checking cronjob logs
#tailf /var/log/cron
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Deny cron for particular user
#vim /etc/cron.deny
alex
:wq
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