Additional Resources
To learn more about configuring automated tasks, refer to the following
resources.
Installed Documentation
cron man page — overview of
cron.
crontab man pages in sections 1 and 5
— The man page in section 1 contains an overview of the
crontab file. The man page in section 5
contains the format for the file and some example entries.
/usr/share/doc/at-<version>/timespec
contains more detailed information about the times that can be
specified for cron jobs.
anacron man page — description of
anacron and its command line options.
anacrontab man page — brief
overview of the anacron configuration file.
/usr/share/doc/anacron-<version>/README
describes Anacron and why it is useful.
at man page — description of
at and batch and their
command line options.
