Cron

Objective

• The objective is to automate tasks using cron and ease my work as a system administrator

Skills Obtained

• Configuring cron
• Creating bash scripts that i would later automate with cron

Tools

• cron

Steps

• Cron is a time-based job scheduling daemon in Unix-like operating systems that allows users to schedule jobs (commands or scripts) to run at specific times or intervals. Here's a guide on how to configure and use Cron
• The best way to understand cron is by reading its man page
• Edit the crontab file with the following command

- Now am trying to automate tasks

- You can add various scripts basing on the task ur trying to accomplish

Anacron

• Anacron is a tool used on Unix-like operating systems to run scheduled tasks that were missed when the system was down. It's particularly useful for laptops and desktops that may not be on 24/7. Here's how to configure Anacron on a Linux system