Continuing with his Linux 101 series, Jack Wallen introduces you to the basics of task scheduling with cron. For the admins who are new to Linux, I want to introduce you to the cron tool. What is cron ...

Can I create a crontab file with vi without the crontab command? Currently working on a microcontroller linux distribution, and there's no crontab command, but cron exists... if only I could get a ...

Here's how I use Linux to automate Windows tasks.

Jack Wallen walks you through the process of installing a web-based GUI that makes setting up and managing cron jobs a snap. If you’re a Linux administrator, you know how important it is to be able to ...

"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 ...

A good set of scripts lets you avoid the terminal for common tasks ...