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28.4. Additional Resources

To learn more about configuring automated tasks, refer to the following resources.

28.4.1. 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.


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