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| − | == The crontab file == | + | ==The crontab file== |
Editing your personal crontab file: | Editing your personal crontab file: | ||
| − | * <code>crontab -e</code> | + | *<code>crontab -e</code> |
Editing the root crontab file: | Editing the root crontab file: | ||
| − | * <code>sudo crontab -e</code> | + | *<code>sudo crontab -e</code> |
For details about how to create crontab entries, see: | For details about how to create crontab entries, see: | ||
| − | * <code>man 5 crontab</code> | + | *<code>man 5 crontab</code> |
| + | *[https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1072 Crontab Syntax Tutorial] | ||
| − | == starting/stopping/restarting == | + | ==starting/stopping/restarting== |
| − | * <code>sudo service cron start</code> | + | *<code>sudo service cron start</code> |
| − | * <code>sudo service cron stop</code> | + | *<code>sudo service cron stop</code> |
| − | * <code>sudo service cron restart</code> | + | *<code>sudo service cron restart</code> |
| − | == logs == | + | ==logs== |
cron logs are rolled into syslog | cron logs are rolled into syslog | ||
| − | * <code>grep CRON /var/log/syslog</code> | + | *<code>grep CRON /var/log/syslog</code> |
Revision as of 18:36, 25 November 2021
The crontab file
Editing your personal crontab file:
crontab -e
Editing the root crontab file:
sudo crontab -e
For details about how to create crontab entries, see:
man 5 crontab- Crontab Syntax Tutorial
starting/stopping/restarting
sudo service cron startsudo service cron stopsudo service cron restart
logs
cron logs are rolled into syslog
grep CRON /var/log/syslog
