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Linux.com: CLI Magic: Make Time for crontab

Aug 23, 2005, 07:00 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Mark Alexander Bain)

"Last week we looked at the at command, which will run a set of commands once and once only. For more complex regular scheduling, get to know your crontab file.

"Why use a file to manage periodic jobs when a simple command can do about the same job...?"

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