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So let’s say you’ve finally got your backup routine down, but so far you’re doing it all by hand. It’s getting tedious, and you wish there were an easy way to schedule it to run on its own. That’s where cron comes into play.
This Builder.com article offers a great explanation of cron and its uses, and is handy for home users and sysadmins alike. If you miss the old Task Scheduler in Windows, you will find cron to be a worthy replacement.
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