Using Cron?

[Elfyn McBratney]

On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, [iso-8859-1] Linden Glen wrote:

> Hi all,
>  
> Is there anywhere I can get some detailed
> documentation about using Cron? ie. examples,
> explanations, etc.... better than crontab --help
>  
> Also, if I setup a Cron job, does it require that the
> server be logged in? or does it run as a service?
>  
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

A search on google for "crontab howto" or "crontab tutorial" will give you the
answer to your first question.

Cron can run as a service (on NT/200[03]/XP/) or started from the command line
(in-case of 9x/Me it's the only way as the SCM is an NT'ism). A service run's in
the background and does not require a user to be logged-in.

For more, search the archives at <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/>.

HTH,
Elfyn

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