What is Cron jobs in linux and how to set it

[Cathlee]

Could any one please elaborate on this. What are Cron jobs and how to set it? Thank you so much.

[eUk-Reeve]

Re: What is Cron jobs in linux and how to set it

Could any one please elaborate on this. What are Cron jobs and how to set it? Thank you so much.

Cron job are used to schedule commands to be executed at specific intervals and also refereed to as scheduler.

Cron Job is one of the most useful tool in Linux or UNIX based operating systems. You can setup commands or scripts, which will run at a set time.

For details regarding how to setup Cron Job please refer the the URL » Cron job setup.