[Remind-Fans] Timed events

[Justin Alcorn]

Cron is straightforward and is the appropriate tool. Lots of examples out
there. If your computer uses anacron, it works the same, just with some
behind the scenes enhancements.

On Nov 8, 2016 11:29 AM, "Dan D." <dandunfee at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I have never used cron, looking on the web about how to use it seemed more
> complicated then the time function remind offers.  I would be happy to
> learn how.
>
> I use a mac and the man page for crontab says it has been replaced by a
> mac launch function for timed events but cron is still available.
>
> On Mon, 7 Nov 2016, Dianne Skoll wrote:
>
> On Mon, 7 Nov 2016 19:26:13 -0500
>> Justin Alcorn <justin at jalcorn.net> wrote:
>>
>> Why would you use Remind instead of cron for a script to run each day
>>> at 6:00am ?
>>>
>>
>> That is a good question.  Cron is the more appropriate way to do that.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dianne.
>>
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