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Corning Community College
CSCS1730 UNIX/Linux Fundamentals
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To gain some familiarity with the task scheduling facilities on the system while exploring the obtaining, configuring, and deployment of a piece of software.
To most of us, computers are a frequently used interactive tool for accomplishing work. With our recent explorations into the realm of shell scripting, concepts of automation are starting to enter our peripherary.
With automation, comes the need to do things outside that interactive environment, and run at a designated time or in reaction to a particular event.
We will be scheduling tasks with respect to time in this project, to get better acquainted with the functionality and capabilities of non-interactive yet automated tasks.