Have you ever wanted to force a script to act differently when it is invoked by cron? If the script is run interactively, for example, you might want the script to prompt the user for some information ...

Cron is nice and all, but don't forget about its cousin at. When I first started using Linux, it was like being tossed into the deep end of the UNIX pool. You were expected to use the command line ...

Cron processes, or "cron jobs," may be used to start and stop applications within a Linux or Unix operating system. You can create cron jobs to perform functions such ...