Cron
Operation
If crond run, it evaluates its configuration in /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root at each minute at :00 seconds.
To start/stop/restart crond and rewrite configuration (on start) from /etc/crontabs/root you can use startscript:
/etc/init.d/S??crond (start|stop|restart)
Configuration
Temporary
vi /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root
or
crontab -l #list crontab -e #edit crontab -r #delete
Permanent
vi /etc/crontabs/root
or
crontab -c /etc/crontabs -l #list crontab -c /etc/crontabs -e #edit crontab -c /etc/crontabs -r #delete
and reload
/etc/init.d/S??crond restart
Syntax
* * * * * /path/to/command/to/run
