Do you have some apps that you want to keep running all the time? If so, and if you're not afraid of the Terminal or the command line, I have a script for you. When I come home at the end of the day, ...

We've got a root crontab on an AIX box that's a beast. We've been looking for ways to modularize it in a way similar to how Vixie crond works, eg, cron.d, cron.daily, cron.hourly, etc.<BR><BR>Even ...

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 ...

"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 ...

The crontab-ui is very user friendly. How to install crontab-ui for remote use Your email has been sent Jack Wallen walks you through the process of installing a web ...

As much as I tout that users don't have to work with the Linux terminal, I have to admit there are certain things I do from the command line that are far more productive than their GUI counterparts.