Scheduled Processes Flashcards by Peter Dathorne

Q

What types of cron jobs are there?

A

■ System

■ User

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How is a system cron job different from a user cron job?

A

■ There is an extra field between ‘Day-of-Week’ and the command to be run

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Where are system cron jobs defined?

A

■ /etc/crontab

■ /etc/cron.d/*

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