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3 reasons to dump cron for systemd timers on Ubuntu

Why settle for basic time-based triggers? Systemd timers offer better logging, dependency management, and you can run scripts "1 minute after boot." ...
XDA Developers on MSN

I automated my entire backup strategy with Zerobyte and a cron job

It's funny how simple and effective this setup is ...
Ars Technica

If my Mac goes to sleep when inactive, how do I get a cron job to run?

Until recently, I had a cron job running each night at 3AM, which used rsync to copy my entire /Users tree to a backup usb drive. This stopped working on December 11. I need some advice.<BR><BR>The ...
TechRepublic

Linux 101: How to use cron

For the admins who are new to Linux, I want to introduce you to the cron tool. What is cron? Simply stated, cron allows you to create scheduled jobs on a Linux system. Say, for instance, you have a ...
InfoWorld

Deno adds Deno Cron for job scheduling

Deno Cron jobs can perform actions such as updating state in Deno KV, pinging a website, sending email, initiating a database backup, and calling an API at regular intervals. Deno Land, the developers ...
Houston Chronicle

How to Monitor the Cron Script Process

Cron processes, or "cron jobs," may be used to start and stop applications within a Linux or Unix operating system. You can create cron jobs to perform functions such ...