{"id":2193,"date":"2015-06-09T07:01:44","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T07:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=2193"},"modified":"2021-02-09T08:18:12","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T08:18:12","slug":"how-to-install-crontab-in-centosrhel-765","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-install-crontab-in-centosrhel-765\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Crontab in CentOS\/RHEL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Linux crontab is similar to windows task schedulers. Crontab are very useful for routine tasks like <span id=\"IL_AD2\" class=\"IL_AD\">scheduling system<\/span> scanning, daily backups etc. To check\u00a0\u00a0Crontab is installed or not, try to execute <strong>crontab -l<\/strong> command:<!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\"># crontab -l\r\n-bash: crontab: command not found<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>The above error means Crontab is not installed yet, Use below command to install it on your server, this will install required dependencies also:<\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \"># yum install cronie<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">Loaded plugins: fastestmirror\r\nLoading mirror speeds from cached hostfile\r\n * base: mirror.web-ster.com\r\n * updates: mirror.stanford.edu\r\nSetting up Install Process\r\nResolving Dependencies\r\n--&gt; Running transaction check\r\n---&gt; Package cronie.x86_64 0:1.4.4-12.el6 will be installed\r\n--&gt; Processing Dependency: dailyjobs for package: cronie-1.4.4-12.el6.x86_64\r\n--&gt; Running transaction check\r\n---&gt; Package cronie-anacron.x86_64 0:1.4.4-12.el6 will be installed\r\n--&gt; Processing Dependency: crontabs for package: cronie-anacron-1.4.4-12.el6.x86_64\r\n--&gt; Running transaction check\r\n---&gt; Package crontabs.noarch 0:1.10-33.el6 will be installed\r\n--&gt; Finished Dependency Resolution\r\n                                        \r\nDependencies Resolved                   \r\n                                        \r\n================================================================================\r\n Package                        Arch      Version           Repository     Size\r\n================================================================================\r\nInstalling:                             \r\n cronie                         x86_64    1.4.4-12.el6      base           73 k\r\nInstalling for dependencies:            \r\n cronie-anacron                 x86_64    1.4.4-12.el6      base           30 k\r\n crontabs                       noarch    1.10-33.el6       base           10 k\r\n                                        \r\nTransaction Summary                     \r\n==========================================================\r\nInstall       3 Package(s)               \r\n                                                 \r\nTotal download size: 114 k                       \r\nInstalled size: 220 k                            \r\nIs this ok [y\/N]: y                              \r\nDownloading Packages:                            \r\n(1\/3): cronie-1.4.4-12.el6.x86_64.rpm                         |  73 kB     00:00\r\n(2\/3): cronie-anacron-1.4.4-12.el6.x86_64.rpm                 |  30 kB     00:00\r\n(3\/3): crontabs-1.10-33.el6.noarch.rpm                        |  10 kB     00:00\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTotal                                                336 kB\/s | 114 kB     00:00\r\nRunning rpm_check_debug                          \r\nRunning Transaction Test                         \r\nTransaction Test Succeeded                       \r\nRunning Transaction                              \r\n  Installing : cronie-1.4.4-12.el6.x86_64                   1\/3\r\n  Installing : crontabs-1.10-33.el6.noarch                  2\/3\r\n  Installing : cronie-anacron-1.4.4-12.el6.x86_64                           3\/3\r\n  Verifying  : crontabs-1.10-33.el6.noarch                                  1\/3\r\n  Verifying  : cronie-anacron-1.4.4-12.el6.x86_64                           2\/3\r\n  Verifying  : cronie-1.4.4-12.el6.x86_64                                   3\/3\r\n                                                 \r\nInstalled:                                       \r\n  cronie.x86_64 0:1.4.4-12.el6                   \r\n                                                 \r\nDependency Installed:                            \r\n  cronie-anacron.x86_64 0:1.4.4-12.el6            crontabs.noarch 0:1.10-33.el6\r\n\r\nComplete!<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>As per your requirements to add a cron job use the :<\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \"># crontab -e<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>In filesystem crons are saved in file <strong>\/var\/spool\/cron\/<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To list scheduled jobs for current user under Crontab ,we can use:<\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">crontab -l<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>To view jobs scheduled under other user :<\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \"># crontab -u &lt;username&gt; -l<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linux crontab is similar to windows task schedulers. 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