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Systemd timers or classic cron? (infosec.pub)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/linux@programming.dev
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Just learned of timers the other day, but I'm a cron guy, anybody out there using timers? Anything I'm missing out on?

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[–] 16 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Also a cron guy, but systemd timers can do things like run at a preset time after start up if a schedule was missed due to power off or system suspension, and you can get more information about a failed timer with journalctl. Arch wiki has lots of good info. Still, I'm a cron guy. 🤷‍♂️ Set in my ways

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

    You can do the same with cron btw depending on the OS(?). At least on debian systems. I think its @poweroff or @reboot if I recall correctly.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    It’s more than just power state, you can also toggle based on the state of other units (which you could chain normally too, but not time based) so you could start a service 10 minutes after another service has ran to completion, or after it’s died, etc.

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