Cron is the standard UNIX scheduling program. It is controlled by a file, crontab, that controls when programs are run. Cron is a remarkably versatile program, but it has a deficiency. If the computer ...

The other half is pending further ...

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 ...

Cron job scheduling is probably your ticket to automating processes on your UNIX boxes. But how are you automating the rest of your environment? Though cron is easy to use, it provides limited options ...

Why settle for basic time-based triggers? Systemd timers offer better logging, dependency management, and you can run scripts "1 minute after boot." ...