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(Bilgisayar) In computing, cron is a time-based scheduling service in Unix-like computer operating systems. The name is derived from Greek chronos (χρόνος), meaning time
A Unix system tool whose purpose is to runs script at certain intervals
Clock daemon that starts processes that execute commands at certain date and time as specified by crontab
(n ) The UNIX® clock daemon that executes commands at specified dates and times See also crontab file
Cron is a program (a daemon) that runs in the background on a Linux system, and periodically does tasks you assign to it Cron "wakes up" every second or so and checks to see if there are any jobs for it to do, and does them What jobs it does are defined by a crontab files See man cron, man 1 crontab and man 5 crontab for more complete information
A Unix command for scheduling jobs to be executed sometime in the future A cron is normally used to schedule a job that is executed periodically - for example, to send out a notice every morning It is also a daemon process, meaning that it runs continuously, waiting for specific events to occur
A daemon that executes commands at specified times and dates, according to instructions in the crontab file
What are cron and crontab, and how do I use them?
A UNIX command used to schedule jobs to be executed at predetermined times
{i} UNIX command that allows tasks to be scheduled for a later date (Computers)
- A GNU/Linux daemon that executes specified tasks at a designated time or interval, allowing you to schedule tasks for your computer to automatically process, e g "download my e-mails at 10am every day" D
A daemon that executes commands at specified times and dates, according to instructions in the crontab file See also daemon
An HP-UX term for a process which executes commands at specified dates and times, according to instructions given to it in files contained in directory /usr/spool/cron/crontabs
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