lk/system/cronie.md

title	tags
cronie	Documentation System

Various services from cron exist, e.g.

sudo apt -y install cronie

start the cronie with

sudo Systemctl start cronie

start a cron with

cron -e

You can run a script with:

*/10 * * * * /home/pi/script.sh

... which would run every 10 minutes.

To run something as root, do:

sudo crontab -e

For example, you can update the database, meaning searches with 'locate' command will be faster.

*/30 * * * * /usr/bin/updatedb