Crontab in Linux: Beginner???s Guide to Schedule the Deletion of Outdated Files

Introduction to Cron

Cron is an application in the Linux Environment that let users schedule tasks repeatedly at a specific time. Cron is generally used for running scheduled backups, monitoring disk space, deleting files, running system maintenance tasks and more.

Cron jobs help you schedule and run certain tasks on your server. Cron jobs are used to automating tasks that run on the background.

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