an automated process which is set up to run automatically at a scheduled time of day, week, month, or hour
an automated program developed for Unix and Linux systems
an automated task scheduling program that allows you to repeatedly run scripts
an automated task set to run in the future
a process that is automatically run at whatever time you set it to run
a scheduled task that you want to automatically run at a scheduled time, e
a script which is set up to run automatically at a given "time"
a specific task that runs a certain number of times per minute, day, week, or month on your server
a task that runs at a scheduled time, such as making a backup of your site or rotating pages on your Web site at regular intervals
a tool that allows you to "schedule" a script to run at pre-determined date and time that you specify
a Unix/Linux functionality that allows a task to be run at a pre-determined time or on pre-determined intervals by the system automatically
a Unix process you can create to automatically carry out some instructions even while unattended
A "cron job" is a scheduled task under a UNIX-type operating system. "cron" is a daemon or programme that is always running. Its function is similar to the Windows Scheduler.
Related Terms: script file, script A way of automatically running shell scripts at regular time intervals. For example, many sites use a cron job to run their search engine spider at night when the network is not being heavily used.
cron job is a command available to Unix system users that makes possible the automated execution of a task at predefined time intervals. One might set up a cron job to create hourly backups of a database, for example, or to send daily emails. Yahoo! currently does not support the use of cron jobs.
