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Introduction to job scheduling

Introduction to job scheduling - Linux Tutorial

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Introduction to job scheduling

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- [Instructor] When you schedule an action in Linux, it's called a job. There are several different types of jobs that can be scheduled. One-time AT jobs, one-time batch jobs, recurring user jobs, recurring system jobs, and systemd timers. One-time AT jobs are created by the user and run once at a certain time, which is why they're called AT jobs. One-time batch jobs are very similar to one-time AT jobs, but are only run when the system has enough available resources. Like AT jobs, they run one time. Both AT and batch jobs are provided by the atd service. Reoccurring user jobs are created and managed by the user. These jobs are on a repeating schedule, so they will run every minute, hour, day, week, or month, depending on how they're configured. They can be deleted by the user that created them. Note, that root can also create you the jobs, just like a non root user, if route wants to schedule recurring tasks. Even if root…

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