For the admins who are new to Linux, I want to introduce you to the cron tool. What is cron? Simply stated, cron allows you to create scheduled jobs on a Linux system. Say, for instance, you have a ...

This documentation outlines how to set up a cron job inside Docker Swarm that executes a scheduled task (e.g., sending an email) and sends a Slack alert if the job fails. It is tailored for DevOps ...

A cryptomining dropper malware has been spotted by security researchers while gaining persistence on Linux hosts by adding cron jobs to reinfect the compromised machines after being removed. The ...

"It is certainly a tool that every system administrator should be aware of and use to automate mundane routine tasks such as backups and taking applications offline." It's common to need an action ...

If I run the command from bash, I see the correct output; both the xmltv.xml and zap2xml.log files are created in the srv/jellyfin folder. However, neither file is generated as scheduled. Any idea why ...

Airbnb just announced that it has open-sourced Chronos, the company’s replacement for the standard time-based Cron schedule that is probably familiar to everybody who has ever used a Unix-based system ...

Until recently, I had a cron job running each night at 3AM, which used rsync to copy my entire /Users tree to a backup usb drive. This stopped working on December 11. I need some advice.<BR><BR>The ...