Cron: Difference between revisions

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-=Using Cron=
+=Cron=
+==Deprecated==
+It is recommended to use [[Systemd/Timers|systemd-timers]]. A few of many reasons:
+* logs are logged to journalctl instead of relying on local mail
+* different timers are independent of each other and do not share an environment
+* better configurability like random offsets, run missed timers when machine was powered down and full systemd service option
 ==General==
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-       "*/10 * * * *   johndoe   . /etc/profile; /run/current-system/sw/bin/r2e run"
+       "*/10 * * * *   johndoe   . /etc/profile; ${pkgs.rss2email}/bin/r2e run"
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-       "0 * * * *      hyper   out=$( /run/current-system/sw/bin/pass git pull 2>&1 ) || echo $out"
+       "0 * * * *      johndoe   out=$( ${pkgs.pass}/bin/pass git pull 2>&1 ) || echo $out"
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