Cron Jobs
Time-based job schedulers in automated operating environments used to run commands or scripts at fixed times or intervals.
Definition
Time-based job schedulers in automated operating environments used to run commands or scripts at fixed times or intervals.
Use case
Running a nightly cleanup script at midnight to purge temporary files and send daily analytics summaries.
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Cron
Schedules that run scripts at fixed times, and the syntax behind them.