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crond

Daemon to execute scheduled commands from crontab files. More information: https://manned.org/crond.

• Start daemon in the background and check for scheduled commands:

crond

• Start daemon in the foreground and check for scheduled commands:

crond -n

• Send job output from the daemon to the [s]ystem log:

crond -s

• Override default limitations and accept custom crontables:

crond -p

• Inherit crontab file path from environment settings:

crond -P