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Ask HN: How do you use cron at work?

by groundpepper on 2/9/20, 6:12 PM with 3 comments

I'm working on a cron alternative and would love to gather data outside of my own on how people are using this utility.
  • by Nextgrid on 2/9/20, 7:05 PM

    I recommend systemd timers instead, that way each service can have its own unit & timer files in its package without having to mess with a single system-wide file like the crontab.
  • by Kaze404 on 2/9/20, 6:24 PM

    Not really cron, but I made a systemd unit that checks a directory and syncs it to my s3 drive when there are new files
  • by connectedpanda on 2/9/20, 6:22 PM

    To backup files every day