Cron is a job scheduler that allows users to run commands periodically.
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setting a cronjob in IST time
I am trying to set a cronjob run in a different timezone. I've googled a lot and found editing /etc/default/cron is the way to go. But this file is deprecated and I see the following message, so I ...
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Is there something as flexible as crontab for user-level autostarts? [duplicate]
I'm looking for a flexible per-user initialisation tool to kick off user daemons when the system (re-)boots. I suppose something similar to crontab would be great, which works for every user ...
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How to figure out what is performing scheduled server reboots?
I'm helping a friend with a server and it appears the server reboots every week on Sunday night. How can I figure out what is causing is the server to reboot? Aside from rebooting, the server appears ...
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Run a cron job every minute, meaning of syntax [duplicate]
I read somewhere that you can add a cron job to run every minute like this:
#min hour day month weekday command
*/1 * * * * <your command>
What does the /1 part mean? Can I ...
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custom crontab not work (freebsd)
I created file crontab.custom with:
*/1 * * * * /home/username/data/www/run.sh
run.sh contains:
php script.php
After this I run this command:
crontab crontab.custom
Now crontab -l returns my task. ...
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How to add crontab in FreeBSD
I am trying to add a job to my crontab in FreeBSD but it is not working :
I have used this to add the job: sudo crontab -e -u vaibhav
@daily /home/vaibhav/applications/comparison/scrapy
but it is ...
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Script to restart the application
I need to write a script for the below scenario in Linux:
Run a cron every 5 minutes.
grep the application log file to see if we can see the pattern "ORA-".
If we see this pattern:
stop the ...
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Launch 2 celery processes via cron
I'm trying to chain some commands to periodically check/launch two processes via cron (I'm on a shared host, can't change things around). After a lot of googling around, all the things I've done don't ...
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How to autostart a background program by a non-root user?
As a non-root user, I want to run a background job when the system boots. It's sort of a service which doesn't require root privilege. Is there a way to do it?
One way is to put sudo -u user command ...
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Cron automated bash script to run run 1 bash script then another, plus integrity check
So I have a custom in-house app developed by a 3rd party. When the app is running, I can verify it is running with the "screen -ls" command. As long as screens are running for rails and freeswitch ...
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Cron job still running when deleted
On a server I inherited, there is a cron job running hourly on one of the Debian servers. It sends an email out to a non-existent email, but bounces back to my account since I listed myself as the ...
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Executing 'ssh-add -D' from a cron job doesn't work
I've set up an openSSH server on an ubuntu-server machine, and I configured it to use public/private key (without password).
I want to require both password and key check when the client connects to ...
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Pimp rsyslogd to have less i/o (cron, pam,…) and less logging
On my raspberry I really don't need crons and pam logging and I want to have less i/o to make the SD card life a little longer..
I have already removed cron with the second line cron.none,
I'm ...
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systemd - Timer units that mimic anacron behaviour
I need to write a timer unit for a machine which is turned of frequently (e.g. classical desktop setup). This timer unit needs to be activated regularly but not very often (e.g. weekly, monthly).
I ...
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Stop cron sending mail for backup script?
I have set up a backup script to back up world data on my Minecraft server hourly using cron, but because the worlds being constantly edited by players, tar was telling me that files changed while ...
