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Cron is a time-based job scheduler found in most Unix-like computer operating systems, like macOS. Cron is driven by a crontab (cron table) file, a configuration file that specifies commands to run periodically on a given schedule. This tag should be use when dealing with any cron issues.
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Cron script not executing on Mavericks
The environment a cron job runs in is quite a bit different from an interactive shell; it's likely that the script is running, but not successfully. … Try changing the cron entry to:
*/2 * * * * /Users/[my user]/Dropbox/htdocs/auto-update.sh >>/tmp/auto-update.log 2>&1
...and see if anything informative shows up in the log. …
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What is the difference between cron and launchd?
launchd does a lot more than cron. … If you're interested in it specifically as a replacement for cron, the main difference is how it handles being asleep or shut down when a job is scheduled to run. …
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Why is Cron not running the enable wifi command?
In addition to possible permissions problem, you might be having trouble because networksetup isn't in the default PATH for cron jobs. … The default path for cron jobs includes just /bin and /usr/bin, but the networksetup executable is in /usr/sbin, so the command will not be found. …
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