Ask HN: How do you use cron at work?

2 pointsby groundpepperover 5 years ago

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

3 comments

Nextgridover 5 years ago

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.

Kaze404over 5 years ago

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

connectedpandaover 5 years ago

To backup files every day