The cron command-line utility is a job scheduler on Unix-like operating systems. Users who set up and maintain software environments use cron to schedule...
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up Cron, cron, or crón in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cron is a time-based job scheduler in Unix-like computer operating systems. CRON or cron may...
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Daemon (computing) (redirect from Unix daemon)
hardware activity, or other programs by performing some task. Daemons such as cron may also perform defined tasks at scheduled times. In the context of computing...
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tools. Commands – Unix makes little distinction between commands (user-level programs) for system operation and maintenance (e.g. cron), commands of general...
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At (command) (redirect from At (Unix command))
differs from cron, which is used for recurring executions (e.g. once an hour, every Tuesday, January 1 every year). As with cron, many Unix systems allow...
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introduced with PowerShell v3. Task Scheduler can be compared to cron or anacron on Unix-like operating systems. This service should not be confused with...
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itself using help time. The Wikibook Guide to Unix has a page on the topic of: Commands System time Cron process for scheduling jobs to run at a particular...
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synchronization (PasswdSync) ActiveState ActivePerl (Perl) UNIX utilities (UnixUtilities) Cron service (CronSvc) Rsh service (RshSvc) There were subsequent updated...
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Research Unix refers to the early versions of the Unix operating system for DEC PDP-7, PDP-11, VAX and Interdata 7/32 and 8/32 computers, developed in...
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Anacron (category Unix process- and task-management-related software)
2009, Red Hat's cron implementation, cronie, has included anacron. Since then, anacron has been updated by Red Hat as a part of cronie. Unix systems commonly...
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typically by cron job) to provide a faster method of searching the entire file system for files by name. find appeared in Version 5 Unix as part of the...
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VisualCron is a job scheduler and automation tool for Windows. VisualCron is a replacement for the Windows Task Scheduler and a similar cron job scheduler...
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Fcron (category Unix process- and task-management-related software)
it has run the pending jobs Free and open-source software portal Cron List of Unix commands "fcron downloads". Retrieved August 21, 2017. "FreshPorts...
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Cal (command) (redirect from Cal (Unix))
first edition of the Unix Programmer's Manual in 1971. Cron – process for scheduling jobs to run on a particular date List of Unix commands "MSX-DOS2 Tools...
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server. The name derives its roots from the phrase web server and the Unix daemon cron. A webcron solution[buzzword] enables users to schedule jobs to run...
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metadata. Some Unix systems run a kind of flush or update daemon, which calls the sync function on a regular basis. On some systems, the cron daemon does...
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Systemd (category Unix process- and task-management-related software)
connection management, and event logging. The name systemd adheres to the Unix convention of naming daemons by appending the letter d. It also plays on...
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other applications and has since become the standard logging solution on Unix-like systems. A variety of implementations also exist on other operating...
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Lsof (category Unix file system-related software)
lsof is a command meaning "list open files", which is used in many Unix-like systems to report a list of all open files and the processes that opened them...
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Paul Vixie (category Unix people)
commercial anti-spam service. He authored the standard UNIX system programs SENDS, proxynet, rtty and Vixie cron. At one point he ran his own consulting business...
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Web2py (section Portable cron)
the command line, usually from the system crontab. For Unix/Linux systems and places where the cron triggers need to be executed even if web2py is not running...
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Perhaps the closest comparison is with processes run by an at or cron command in UNIX, although the differences are significant." Batch applications are...
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Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment (category Unix security software)
schedule and report changes daily using scheduling technologies such as cron, which is the default behavior of the Debian AIDE package. This is mainly...
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System Activity Report (sar) is a Unix System V-derived system monitor command used to report on various system loads, including CPU activity, memory/paging...
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Transports are available for the HTTP protocol, JMS (Java Message Service), and CRON. Other transports can be easily added as they are independent from the rest...
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OpenRC (category Unix process- and task-management-related software)
OpenRC is a dependency-based init system for Unix-like computer operating systems. It was created by Roy Marples, a NetBSD developer who was also active...
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Rsync (category Unix network-related software)
comparing the modification times and sizes of files. It is commonly found on Unix-like operating systems and is under the GPL-3.0-or-later license. rsync is...
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have been placed at the program's current directory, that is, /etc/cron.d, and cron would have treated it as a text file instructing it to run programs...
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an enterprise job scheduler and workload automation solution for Windows, UNIX, and Linux servers. Automate Schedule is sold by HelpSystems. HelpSystems...
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scanning scheduler through a cron job facilitated by the graphical interface. ClamXav can detect malware specific to macOS, Unix, or Windows. The ClamXav...
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