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Linux Workshop

Lab 8 Schedule tasks


Requirements Quick Reference Objectives to learn
➢ Linux Schedule tasks
at 12:00 <enter> #Schedule task once. <ctrl-d> to finish
crontab -e user #Edit user crontab. 5 time fields:
#minutes(e.g. */2) hour dom month dow
vi /etc/crontab #Edit system crontab

To Do
1. If you have never scheduled a job, you can
schedule a job periodically using the crontab
command or by editing the system crontab or
system crontab directories.

Theory Modules
LPIC 1 Certification Bible, isbn 0-7645-4772-0
➢ p. 421-424 Scheduling Jobs

Extra References
➢ www.tldp.org

© October 2, 2005, wiki.novell.com/index.php/Roberts_Quick_References, author of Foundations of Linux networking

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