Skip one-click backup apps. This rsync script gives you full control over what gets saved and when, plus logs and a few hard-won lessons.

Cron is not in charge; you are. All you need to do is tell it what you want done and when you want it done. Most of my Unix admin cronies cut their teeth on tools like cron. There is nearly nothing as ...

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 ...

Cron is a job management tool for Unix-based operating systems that allows you to schedule tasks to run periodically, but the cron expressions used to schedule them can be difficult to read. ' Cron ...

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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 ...

ok, I modified my webalizer cron job for multiple webalizer outputs for my three domains and three logs.<BR><BR>it works great when I run the cron job manually so I ...

Cron job scheduling is probably your ticket to automating processes on your UNIX boxes. But how are you automating the rest of your environment? Though cron is easy to use, it provides limited options ...