How-To Geek on MSN

I automated Linux backups with a simple bash script and cron (and it’s better than a GUI)

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.
How-To Geek on MSN

5 weird but handy cron jobs I swear by

If your homelab is container-heavy like mine, you know that latency matters and it matters a lot. This cron job pings all ...
WGN Radio

Cronly.App: AI-Powered “Cron Job” Scheduler Launches

easyDNS launches AI-powered “cron job” scheduler, Cronly.App, which allows users to write in plain language what they want to happen and when, without any code. Cronly.App is the AI innovation of the ...
Ars Technica

Consequences of setting system cron to run with bash instead of sh

I've got a few bash scripts on a couple of Ubuntu 10.04 boxes that back up some directories with rsync to a central server, then records in a log file the success or failure of the operations and ...
Computerworld

Scheduling tasks in WordPress with WP-Cron

Task schedulers are important and complicated. The Cron utility for Unix-like systems is one of the oldest, most mature, and best out there – but it can be very system specific which doesn’t lend ...