linux crontab 简述

os: ubuntu 16.04

linux crontab 在实际工作中大量使用,这里简单记录下。

cron 在安装os都是默认安装的,如果发现没有安装,可以 apt 安装,对于 redhat 分支可以使用 yum 安装。

# ps -ef|grep cron
root       929     1  0 10:15 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/cron -f

# /etc/init.d/cron 
 * Usage: /etc/init.d/cron {start|stop|status|restart|reload|force-reload}
# systemctl status cron.service
# systemctl stop cron.service
# systemctl start cron.service
# systemctl disable cron.service
# systemctl enable cron.service

# cat /lib/systemd/system/cron.service 
[Unit]
Description=Regular background program processing daemon
Documentation=man:cron(8)

[Service]
EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/cron
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/cron -f $EXTRA_OPTS
IgnoreSIGPIPE=false
KillMode=process

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

常见的一些配置

1 crobtab 的格式如下:

# Example of job definition:
# .---------------- minute (0 - 59)
# | .------------- hour (0 - 23)
# | | .---------- day of month (1 - 31)
# | | | .------- month (1 - 12) OR jan,feb,mar,apr ...
# | | | | .---- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0 or 7) OR sun,mon,tue,wed,thu,fri,sat
# | | | | |
# * * * * * user-name command to be executed

简单记忆为:分时日月周脚本

2 crontab 查看

# crontab -l

# crontab -l > /tmp/mycron

3 crontab 编辑

$ crontab -e

4 crontab 示例

0 * * * * /bin/echo `date` > /tmp/da

0,15,30,45 * * * * /bin/echo `date` > /tmp/da

0,15,30,45 18-06 * * * /bin/echo `date` > /tmp/da

0,15,30,45 18-06 */2 * * /bin/echo `date` > /tmp/da

0,15,30,45 18-06 */2 * 6 /bin/echo `date` > /tmp/da
00 18 * * * script -c "/apps/log_done.sh >> /apps/log_done.log"

00 18 * * * /apps/log_done.sh >> /apps/log_done.log 2>&1

00 18 * * * /apps/log_done.sh >> /apps/log_done.log 2>&1 &