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Package: cron (3.0pl1-121 and others)

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process scheduling daemon

The cron daemon is a background process that runs particular programs at particular times (for example, every minute, day, week, or month), as specified in a crontab. By default, users may also create crontabs of their own so that processes are run on their behalf.

Output from the commands is usually mailed to the system administrator (or to the user in question); you should probably install a mail system as well so that you can receive these messages.

This cron package is configured by default to do some basic daily system maintenance tasks. Other packages, such as checksecurity, can provide further maintenance tasks.

Tags: System Administration: Automation and Scheduling, Implemented in: C, User Interface: Daemon, Role: role::program, scope::utility

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Download for all available architectures
Architecture Version Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha (unofficial port) 3.0pl1-121 111.4 kB329.0 kB [list of files]
amd64 3.0pl1-121 105.5 kB195.0 kB [list of files]
armel 3.0pl1-121 101.4 kB292.0 kB [list of files]
armhf 3.0pl1-121 101.4 kB280.0 kB [list of files]
avr32 (unofficial port) 3.0pl1-113 81.8 kB316.0 kB [list of files]
hppa 3.0pl1-116 96.5 kB340.0 kB [list of files]
hurd-i386 3.0pl1-121+b1 103.9 kB296.0 kB [list of files]
i386 3.0pl1-121 104.5 kB300.0 kB [list of files]
ia64 3.0pl1-121 120.6 kB366.0 kB [list of files]
kfreebsd-amd64 3.0pl1-121 104.6 kB204.0 kB [list of files]
kfreebsd-i386 3.0pl1-121 103.5 kB198.0 kB [list of files]
m68k (unofficial port) 3.0pl1-121 100.8 kB300.0 kB [list of files]
mips 3.0pl1-121 103.4 kB300.0 kB [list of files]
mipsel 3.0pl1-121 102.9 kB300.0 kB [list of files]
powerpc 3.0pl1-121 104.5 kB300.0 kB [list of files]
powerpcspe (unofficial port) 3.0pl1-119 99.1 kB376.0 kB [list of files]
s390 3.0pl1-121 108.2 kB304.0 kB [list of files]
s390x 3.0pl1-121 109.1 kB318.0 kB [list of files]
sh4 (unofficial port) 3.0pl1-121 106.0 kB300.0 kB [list of files]
sparc 3.0pl1-121 103.4 kB302.0 kB [list of files]
sparc64 (unofficial port) 3.0pl1-121 104.7 kB308.0 kB [list of files]