Cron in Linux (crontab)

In a system repetitive tasks such as making backups, system updates can turn out to be very time consuming, in this article we discuss how to automate this process using cron, a linux utility.

Table of contents.Introduction.Syntax.Editing crontab.Creating a cronjob.Removing crontab tasks.Access control.Anacron.Summary.References.Introduction.

Cron from the greek word chronos meaning time. cron on the other hand is a system process that automatically performs tasks specified by a sche...