Cron Daemon in SCO Unix

[gpippin]

I am a Linux user,
wanting to use cron on a DAC 6000, which is running SCO Unix

Is there a cron daemon in SCO, does it have the same implementation and setup as in linux?

All info is welcome

Thanks in Advance

gpippin

 

[pcunix]

It's not the SAME as Linux, but all Unixes have cron.

For details, see

http://pcunix.com/Unixart/cron.html

but to just create a simple cron job I suggest

crontab -l > $HOME/mycon
vi $HOME/mycron
(add your job)
crontab $HOME/mycron


You do have to be aware that Linux extends traditional cron syntax- so there differences in the line you add- read the man page for crontab

Also- Linux encourages editing crontabs directly because cron watches for changes- traditional nix cron does NOT watch- so the procedure above is necessary.
Tony Lawrence
SCO Unix/Linux Resources

http://pcunix.com

tony@pcunix.com