Cron Vs Anacron: How to Schedule Jobs Using Anacron on Linux

Mar 18, 2020, 09:00 (0 Talkback[s])
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Cron  is a daemon used to run scheduled tasks such as system backups, updates and many more. It is suitable for running scheduled tasks on machines that will run continuously 24X7 such as servers.

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