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UnixorLinuxoperatingsystemprovidesafeatureforschedulingthejobs.Youcansetup
commandorscriptswhichwillrunperiodicallyatthespecifiedtime.TheCrontabiscommand
usedtoaddorremovejobsfromthecron.Thecronserviceisadaemonrunsinthe
backgroundandchecksfor/etc/crontabfile,/etc/con.*/directoriesand/var/spool/cron/

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Thefielddescriptionsofthecrontabareexplainedbelow:

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MI:Minutesfrom0to59
HH:Hoursfrom0to23
DOM:Dayofmonthfrom0to31
MON:Monthsfrom1to12
DOW:Dayofweekfrom0to7(0or7representsSunday)
Command:Anycommandorscripttobescheduled

Letseetheusageofcrontabcommandwithexamples.

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1.Listcrontabentries
Youcanlistoutallthejobswhicharealreadyscheduledincron.Use"crontabl"forlistingthe
jobs.

crontabl
00***/usr/local/bin/list_unix_versions.sh

Theabovecontabcommanddisplaysthecronentries.Heretheshellscriptforlistingtheunix
versions(list_unix_version.sh)isscheduledtorundailyatmidnight.
2.Listcrontabentriesofotherusers

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Tolistthecorntabentriesofotheruserintheunix,usetheuoptionwithcrontab.Thesyntax
isshownbelow:

crontabuusernamel

3.Removingallcrontabentries
Youcanunscheduleallthejobsbyremovingthemfromthecrontab.Thesyntaxfor
removingallthecrontabentriesis

crontabr
Forremovingotheruserscrontabentries:
crontabuusernamer

4.Editingthecrontab
Youcaneditthecrontabandaddanewjobtoit.Youcanalsoremoveanexistingjobfrom
thecrontab.Usetheeoptionforeditingthecrontab.

crontabe
Foreditingotheruserscrontabentries:
crontabuusernamee

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ThiswillopenafileinVIeditor.NowusetheVIcommandsforadding,removingthejobsand
forsavingthecrontabentries.
5.ScheduleajobtotakeoraclebackuponeverySundayatmidnight
Editcrontabusing"crontabe"andappendthefollowingentryinthefile.

00**0/usr/local/bin/oracle_backup.sh

6.Scheduleajobtoruneverysixhoursinaday
Youcanscheduleajobtorunmorethanonceinaday.Asanexamplethefollowingcrontab
entrytakesthemysqlbackupmorethanonceinaday.

00,6,12,18***/usr/bin/mysql_backup.sh

Herethelist0,6,12,18indicatesmidnight,6am,12pmand6pmrespectively.
7.Schedulejobtorunforthefirst15daysofthemonth.
Youcanscheduleajobbyspecifyingtherangeofvaluesforafield.Thefollowingexample
takesthesqlserverbackupdailyatmidnightforthefirst15daysinamonth.

00*115*/usr/bin/sql_server_backup.sh

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8.Schedulejobtoruneveryminute.
Thefollowingcrontabcommandrunsthecommandtosendemailstogroupofusersforevery
minute.

*****/bin/batch_email_send.sh

9.Takingbackupofcronentries
Beforeeditingthecronentries,itisgoodtotakebackupofthecronentries.Sothatevenif
youdomistakeyoucangetbackthoseentriesfromthebackup.

crontabl>/var/tmp/cron_backup.dat

10.Restoringthecronentries
Youcanrestorethecronentriesfromthebackupas

crontabcron_backup.dat

UnderstandingtheOperators:
Therearethreeoperatorsallowedforspecifyingtheschedulingtimes.Theyare:
Asterisk(*):Indicatesallpossiblevaluesforafield.Anasteriskinthemonthfield
indicatesallpossiblemonths(JanuarytoDecember).
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Comma(,):Indicateslistofvalues.Seeexample6above.
Hyphen():Indicatesrangeofvalues.Seeexample7above.
DisablingEmails:
Bydefaultthecrontabsendsemailstothelocaluserifthecommandsorscriptsproduceany
output.Todisablesendingofemailsredirecttheoutputofcommandsto/dev/null2>&1.

00*20*/usr/bin/online_backup.sh>/dev/null2>&1

Note:youcannotscheduleajobtorunatsecondslevelastheminimumallowedscheduling
isatminutelevel.

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