=====Schedule Recurring Tasks=====

====Schedule Recurring User Jobs====

Use the **crontab** command to manage scheduled jobs

list of commands that a user can use to manage their jobs

^  crontab -l  | list the jobs from current user |
^  crontab -r  | remove all jobs from current user |
^  crontab -e  | edit the jobs from current user |
^  crontab filename  |Remove all jobs, and replace them with jobs that are read from filename. This command uses stdin input when no file is specified.|


Root can use
<code> crontab -u</code> to change into other users

all user crontab jobs are stored in

<code> /var/spool/cron/ </code>  you will see text files with the users name that are their conjobs

THe fields of the crontab are:

The fields in the crontab file appear in the following order:

  * Minutes
  * Hours
  * Day of month
  * Month
  * Day of week
  * Command