Continuing with his Linux 101 series, Jack Wallen introduces you to the basics of task scheduling with cron.

But cron does have its limits. Today's enterprises are larger, more interdependent, and more interconnected than ever before, and cron just hasn't kept up. These days, virtual servers can spring into ...

Okay, but what is a cron job? Translating all the jargon As explained, cron jobs are scheduled tasks that run on Unix-based operating systems, including Linux and macOS.