https://blog.nath.page/tags/cron/ Recent content in Cron on blog.nath.page Hugo en-us Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.nath.page/posts/cron/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.nath.page/posts/cron/ <h2 id="installation">Installation</h2> <p>Install and enable the cron daemon.</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo pacman -S cronie </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo systemctl enable --now cronie.service </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>systemctl status cronie.service <span style="color:#75715e"># should be active (running) </span> </span></span></code></pre></div><h2 id="setup">Setup</h2> <p>To edit crontab, run</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>crontab -e </span></span></code></pre></div><p>If you get an error like this,</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>/bin/sh: line 1: /usr/bin/vi: No such file or directory </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>crontab: <span style="color:#e6db74">&#34;/usr/bin/vi&#34;</span> exited with status <span style="color:#ae81ff">127</span> </span></span></code></pre></div><p>pass the following commands:</p> <pre tabindex="0"><code>set -Ux EDITOR emacs set -Ux VISUAL emacs </code></pre><p>This defaults to emacs across different Fish sessions.</p> <p>Then with <code>crontab -e</code> add jobs like this.</p>