Linux Labs· Everyday System OperationsLab 12 of 26

Schedule Jobs with cron and at

Read a crontab, give an account two scheduled jobs and watch cron run one, add system jobs in /etc/cron.d and /etc/cron.daily, take cron away from one account, and queue a one-off job with at.

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In this moduleEveryday System Operations

  1. Package History, Undo, and Groups25 min
  2. Schedule Jobs with systemd Timers30 min
  3. Schedule Jobs with cron and atYou are here
  4. Process Priority with nice and renice20 min
  5. Tuning Profiles and Performance Readings25 min
  6. Boot Targets and the Default Target30 min