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We've got a root crontab on an AIX box that's a beast. We've been looking for ways to modularize it in a way similar to how Vixie crond works, eg, cron.d, cron.daily, cron.hourly, etc.<BR><BR>Even ...

Skip one-click backup apps. This rsync script gives you full control over what gets saved and when, plus logs and a few hard-won lessons.

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For the admins who are new to Linux, I want to introduce you to the cron tool. What is cron? Simply stated, cron allows you to create scheduled jobs on a Linux system. Say, for instance, you have a ...

I am looking around for some advice here. I have been asked to make a script that automatically creates a user, home directory, sets the shell to nologin, downloads a tar of scripts, installs said ...

"It is certainly a tool that every system administrator should be aware of and use to automate mundane routine tasks such as backups and taking applications offline." It's common to need an action ...

The crontab-ui is very user friendly. How to install crontab-ui for remote use Your email has been sent Jack Wallen walks you through the process of installing a web ...