Managing Cron Jobs Using Python
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In this tutorial, you'll learn the importance of cron jobs and why you need them. You'll have a look at python-crontab, a Python module to interact with the crontab. You'll learn how to manipulate cron jobs from a Python program using the python-crontab module.
What Is Cron?
During system administration, it's necessary to run background jobs on a server to execute routine tasks. Cron is a system process which is used to execute background tasks on a routine basis. Cron requires a file called...