How to Run Cron Jobs Every 5, 10 or 15 Minutes

Posted by linuxize on Sep 18, 2020 4:45 AM EDT
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A cron job is a task that is executed at specified intervals. The tasks can be scheduled to run by a minute, hour, day of the month, month, day of the week, or any combination of these. Cron jobs are generally used to automate system maintenance or administration, such as backing up databases or data, updating the system with the latest security patches, checking the disk space usage , sending emails, and so on.



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