CT320

CT320: Network and System Administration

Fall 2015

Periodic

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CT 320: Network and System Administration

CHAPTER 9: PERIODIC PROCESSES

Original slides from Dr. James Walden at Northern Kentucky University.

Topics

  1. Overview
  2. Cron Daemon
  3. Crontab Format
  4. Crontab Command
  5. Common Uses

Overview

Daemons

Topics

  1. Overview
  2. Cron Daemon
  3. Crontab Format
  4. Crontab Command
  5. Common Uses

cron Daemon

Topics

  1. Overview
  2. Cron Daemon
  3. Crontab Format
  4. Crontab Command
  5. Common Uses

crontab Format

crontab Schedules

    * * * * * * echo Every minute
    * 0 * * * * echo Every hour
    * 0 1 * * * echo Every day at 1:00㏂
    * 0 23 * * 1-5 echo 11:00㏘, Monday through Friday
    * 45 10,22 * * 0,6 echo 10:45㏂ and 10:45㏘ on weekends

crontab shortcuts

    @reboot    :  Run once after reboot.
    @yearly    :  Run once a year, i.e.,  “0 0 1 1 *”.
    @annually  :  Run once a year, i.e.,  “0 0 1 1 *”.
    @monthly   :  Run once a month, i.e., “0 0 1 * *”.
    @weekly    :  Run once a week, i.e.,  “0 0 * * 0”.
    @daily     :  Run once a day, i.e.,   “0 0 * * *”.
    @hourly    :  Run once an hour, i.e., “0 * * * *”.

crontab Example

    PATH=/usr/local/bin:/home/bonehead/bin:/bin:/usr/bin
    MAILTO=Bonehead@ColoState.Edu
    0 2 1-10 * * du -h -c -d=1 /

Topics

  1. Overview
  2. Cron Daemon
  3. Crontab Format
  4. Crontab Command
  5. Common Uses

crontab Command

Topics

  1. Overview
  2. Cron Daemon
  3. Crontab Format
  4. Crontab Command
  5. Common Uses

Common Uses

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