What is cron?

kakabaratruskia · 2003-09-26 00:26:24

I wanted to know what is cron daemon, and if it can be turned off or it is necesary for something important.

contrasutra · 2003-09-26 01:01:36

It runs scheduled tasks. I wouldnt turn it off.

man cron.

hgabreu · 2009-10-24 13:07:47

Actually it's man crond
The crontab command is to schedule and manipulate cron's tasks tab.
To check system tasks, run as root: crontab -l
The default is to run /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly} as expected.
Look at this folders to see the scripts executed.

As advised you should not turn it off, although I don't see a problem starting it in background.

fukawi2 · 2009-10-24 13:31:27

It's the equivalent of Windows "Scheduled Tasks"

You can have a look at what it's running by looking in the /etc/cron.* directories, and by running "crontab -l" as root. If you are sure you don't need any of the tasks that it's running to maintain your system, then you can turn it off. If you're not sure, better to leave it on since by default it does some regular basic system maintenance tasks.

peart · 2009-10-24 14:05:48

This thread is 6 years old guys.

Allan · 2009-10-24 14:10:43

zombie thread!

Closing to prevent a pandemic.

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What is cron?

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