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How do I start a crontab in AIX?
The init process in AIX starts the cron daemon, or cron, from the inittab file during the initialization process of the operating system. You can submit jobs, or events, to cron by doing one of the following: Use the at and batch facilities to submit jobs for one-time execution.
How do I know if a cron job is running in AIX?
To check to see if the cron daemon is running, search the running processes with the ps command. The cron daemon’s command will show up in the output as crond. The entry in this output for grep crond can be ignored but the other entry for crond can be seen running as root. This shows that the cron daemon is running.
How do I schedule a cron job in AIX?
To submit a cron job, specify the crontab command with the -e flag. The crontab command invokes an editing session that allows you to create a crontab file. You create entries for each cron job in this file. Each entry must be in a form acceptable to the cron daemon.
Do you need to restart Cron in AIX 7.1?
As long as your script uses crontab to add and delete job specifications for the user, there would be no need to restart the cron daemon. The AIX 7.1 cron manual page says: When you make changes to the crontab files using the crontab command, a message indicating the change is sent to the cron daemon.
Is there a way to refresh the cron daemon?
probably he meant by manually editing the crontab file and then refreshing the cron daemon. you can do it two ways, edit the crontab file, then execute “crontab -e” and exit immediately or kill the cron daemon, if setup correctly, it will restart automatically and re-read the cron file.
What does a crontab refresh do in Cron?
A crontab is a timed event based on the entry in the cron. edited. probably he meant by manually editing the crontab file and then refreshing the cron daemon.
When do you make changes to the crontab script?
When you make changes to the crontab files using the crontab command, a message indicating the change is sent to the cron daemon. See also the crontab manual. The general flow of actions that your script would take: Get user’s crontab into a text file using crontab -l >crontab.txt.