Posts tagged ‘cron’
Running numerous jobs via the cron daemon on a daily, even hourly, basis can lead to a lot of mail notifications. I run many jobs whose output I do not really need to be informed of (for example, the overnight stats run on some of my web servers; I am in the habit of checking stats daily and if the job failed I would know), so how do I go about preventing crond telling me about these jobs?
I’m a fan of blocklists, I’ll admit. They’re not a perfect solution to blocking out unwanted IP addresses, but every little bit helps. Below I’ll show you how to use the Deluge Bit Torrent Client and Cron to ensure your blocklist stays up-to-date.
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The cron daemon is a long-running process that executes commands at specific dates and times. You can use this to schedule activities, either as one-time events or as recurring tasks.
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