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Scheduling jobs on [[linux]] requires two parts. The first part is having the crond daemon running. The second part is using the [[crontab]] command to create a schedule. The schedule is a list of jobs with times that you'd like to have run.

There are two versions of the command that you will use most of the time.

crontab -e
To edit your crontab file. <br>

crontab -l
To list your crontab file.

crontab -l > crontabbackup.txt
Another useful variation of the -l, list your crontab, allows you to send the schedule to a file.

crontab crontabbackup.txt
If you use the crontab -l option and send the output to a file as was shown in the prior command example, you can take that schedule and import it into another schedule. All you have to do is use [[crontab]] and supply your backed up schedule file. This is a great trick for [[knoppix]]. The creative use of this format of the command would be import your schedule from a [[USB]] thumb drive or a hard drive partion. You could even store the file on a MS Windows partition as long as the file is in [[linux]] format verse MS Dos format.

man 5 crontab
Use this man command read about the formatting requirements for your '''/etc/crontab''' file.

Note: Two classes of user will use this command. <br>
A user or the "root" user. Although, almost every Linux system, I've ran '''crontab -e''' as "root" '''does not''' support it. <br>
In other words, if you are Sys Admin (root). Just '''vi /etc/crontab'''.

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	* [http://www.math-linux.com/spip.php?article45 Crontab : Scheduling Tasks]		* [http://www.math-linux.com/spip.php?article45 Crontab : Scheduling Tasks]
	[[Category:Useful Linux Commands]]		[[Category:Useful Linux Commands]]
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		+	* [http://www.hxpi.com/cron_sandbox.php A safe place to experiment with crontab commands is Cron Sandbox at HxPI where you can see straightaway a future schedule of run times for whatever crontab parameters you type in.]

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 In other words, if you are Sys Admin (root). Just '''vi /etc/crontab'''.
+== External links ==
 [[Category:Useful Linux Commands]]

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	A user or the "root" user. Although, almost every Linux system, I've ran '''crontab -e''' as "root" '''does not''' support it. <br>		A user or the "root" user. Although, almost every Linux system, I've ran '''crontab -e''' as "root" '''does not''' support it. <br>
	In other words, if you are Sys Admin (root). Just '''vi /etc/crontab'''.		In other words, if you are Sys Admin (root). Just '''vi /etc/crontab'''.
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		+	[[Category:Useful Linux Commands]]

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   crontab -l > crontabbackup.txt
-Another useful variation of the -l, list your crontab, allows you to send the schedule to a file.
+Another use of the -l switch allows you to send the schedule to a file.
   crontab crontabbackup.txt
-If you use the crontab -l option and send the output to a file as was shown in the prior command example, you can take that schedule and import it into another schedule.  All you have to do is use [[crontab]] and supply your backed up schedule file.  This is a great trick for [[knoppix]].  The creative use of this format of the command would be import your schedule from a [[USB]] thumb drive or a hard drive partion.  You could even store the file on a MS Windows partition as long as the file is in [[linux]] format verse MS Dos format.
+If you use the crontab -l option and send the output to a file as was shown in the prior command example, you can take that schedule and import it into another schedule.  All you have to do is use [[crontab]] and supply your backed up schedule file.  This is a great trick for [[knoppix]].  The creative use of this format of the command would be to import your schedule from a [[USB]] thumb drive or a hard drive partion.  You could even store the file on a MS Windows partition as long as the file is in [[linux]] format versus MS-DOS format.
   man 5 crontab
-Use this man command read about the formatting requirements for your '''/etc/crontab''' file.
+Use this man command to read about the formatting requirements for your '''crontab''' files.
-Note: Two classes of user will use this command. <br>
+Note: there are two main types of crontab --
-A user or the "root" user. Although, almost every Linux system, I've ran '''crontab -e''' as "root" '''does not''' support it. <br>
+each user's crontab located in the directory /var/spool/cron/crontabs/''user'', and the main
-In other words, if you are Sys Admin (root). Just '''vi /etc/crontab'''.
+system crontab '''/etc/crontab'''.
 == External links ==

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   crontab -e
-To edit your crontab file. <br>
+To edit your crontab file.
   crontab -l