A Unix utility (Unix daemon) that executes commands in a crontab file at a specified time and date. Cron is used to schedule such functions as backup and maintenance procedures.
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- Sad to read thisI have not found a "cloud" solution to backup either.I tried Backblaze, but the 1 month for the initial backup was not for me. Then, when I UNinstalled it, I was shocked to find a bit of it running on my iMac over 3 months later.The problem...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- Z-DATdump 3.2 (Windows)
- Z-DATdump is a free and reliable tape backup software that can copy complete folders to any tape drives, optionally with a schedule, for transport, archiving or backup. That means fast and automatic tape backup to: TRAVAN, SLR, MLR, QIC, LTO, AIT, DLT, DAT or DDS tape drives with SCSI, IDE...
- Software downloads 2009-10-01
- Firefox gets emergency update to fix the last update
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- Discussion threads 2009-04-28
- CIO Jury: Should you still be scared of malware?
- CIO Jury: Should you still be scared of malware?YES and migrate from MS WindowsI would say YES and develop a plan to get awayfrom MS Software period.If you keep on top of best practices and patches, no.If you keep on top of best practices and the latest security practices, no.The...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-21
- Conficker: a good excuse for an early spring cleaning
- Some of you have probably heard about Conficker.C, the computer virus/worm that is set to activate on April 1st. Conficker.C exploits a particular vulnerability in Windows that was announced in October of 2008 which allows code to be remotely executed. Nobody exactly knows what Conficker.C is supposed to do on...
- Blog posts 2009-03-27
- PeerGuardian 1.5.1 (Mac)
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- Software downloads 2009-03-09
- Z-Cron 4.5 (Windows)
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- Software downloads 2009-03-04
- MobaSSH 1.0 (Windows)
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- Software downloads 2009-02-12
- Rednecks, old computers, and TCO
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- Discussion threads 2009-02-07
- “Security” issues
- “Security” issuesPoor programming and poor programmers.Software producers have convinced everyone it is the nature of software to have security problems. Why has the world bought that scenario? I still say that software companies need to be held financially accountable for the damages their software causes its users. Microsoft should have...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-26
- Maintidget 1.5.1 (Mac)
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- Software downloads 2009-01-05
- Aplus.net Internet Services Case Study: WhitePaperSource.com
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- Case studies 2009-01-01
- Palm scores a $100 million lifeline to keep up the fight
- Palm scores a $100 million lifeline to keep up the fightis it enough for them to survive?NO.Palm will be squashed like a bug by:1. iPhone2. Crackberry3. Android4. Nokia with Symbian5. MicrosoftTypical CEO talking"...Palm is in a position to transform the cell phone industry.."Funny how some companies always talk about doing...
- Discussion threads 2008-12-22
- All in one video module for Drupal 1.0 (Windows)
- The Module handles every aspect of your video and rich-media needs, including transcoding, uploading, and importing content, user management and permissions, hosting and streaming on Kaltura's servers, and even collaborative editing and remixing of content. Its simple to install, use and customize, and best of all ? Kaltura covers all...
- Software downloads 2008-12-22
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- Scheduling services with cron and similar tools is great for repetitive tasks but inconvenient for one-time tasks. Vincent Danen introduces the flexible At command for tasks that only need to be accomplished once.
- Download resources 2008-08-25
- Excel and Basic Accounting Error
- Excel and Basic Accounting ErrorWe should go back to manual ledgers...VisiCalc was created to eliminate accounting errors. Now the spreadsheet is now being blamed for accounting errors. Perhaps the real problem is GIGO. Garbage in, Garbage out.The real culprit is slick sleaze ball corporate accountants and managers that are trying...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- Schedule periodic tasks with cron
- Vincent Danen covers the basics of scheduling basic system and user tasks with cron, such as downloading e-mail at certain intervals and restarting services.
- Download resources 2008-08-18
- JAW PseudoAnacron 1.5.1 (Mac)
- OS X does some periodic maintenance tasks at specific times. There are daily, weekly, and monthly periodic tasks that are launched in the middle of the night. If your Mac is not powered up 24 hours a day, probably some or all of those tasks are never or seldom performed....
- Software downloads 2008-06-02
- Fade to black: Software shuts down servers automatically to conserve electricity
- Fade to black: Software shuts down servers automatically to conserve electricityInteresting.So all test and developement servers could be scheduled to be shutdown Fri at 7 PM and come back up Monday at 7 AM.Let me see ..."The standard edition of the software starts at $2,000 per management machine."For that pricing...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-21
- Cronster .01 Beta (Mobile)
- Cronster is a cron scheduler for Palm OS (including NVFS and other OS5 devices).
- Software downloads 2008-04-03
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