Ask HN: How do you use cron at work?

Posted by groundpepper on Sunday February 09, 2020 @01:12PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm working on a cron alternative and would love to gather data outside of my own on how people are using this utility.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you use cron at work? by Nextgrid on Sunday February 09, 2020 @02:05PM (#22283708)

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.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you use cron at work? by Kaze404 on Sunday February 09, 2020 @01:24PM (#22283478)

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

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Re:Ask HN: How do you use cron at work? by connectedpanda on Sunday February 09, 2020 @01:22PM (#22283463)

To backup files every day

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