JOB SCHEDULING

 

JOB SCHEDULING

Job scheduling is a feature that allows a user to submit a command for execution at a specified time in the future.

How to schedule tasks on linux

• At

• Cron

• Anacron

Difference between cron and anacron

Scheduling jobs with cron

Crontab : Crontab is a text file that specifies the schedule of cron jobs.

• To add or create a cron job use the following command.

     crontab -e

• To edit other user,

        crontab -u username -e

• To view crontab entries for current user,

        crontab -u username -l

• How to deny users

Open /etc/cron.deny file and add the names that you want to deny.