fcron is a scheduler. It aims at replacing Vixie Cron, so it implements most of its functionality.
But contrary to Vixie Cron, fcron does not need your system to be up 7 days a week, 24 hours a day: it also works well with systems which are not running neither all the time nor regularly (contrary to anacrontab).
This is free and open source software.
fcron also includes a useful system of options, which can be applied either to every lines following the declaration or to a single line. Some of the supported options permit to:
- Run jobs one by one (fcrontab option serial).
- Set the max system load average value under which the job should be run (fcrontab option lavg).
- Set a nice value for a job (fcrontab option nice).
- Run jobs at fcron’s startup if they should have been run during system down time (fcrontab option bootrun).
- mail user to tell him a job has not run and why (fcrontab option noticenotrun).
- Better management of the mailing of outputs …
Website: anacron.sourceforge.net
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Developer: Thibault Godouet
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
anacron is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| Alternatives to cron | |
|---|---|
| cronie | Modern day version of cron and associated tools |
| fcron | Designed for systems which are not continuously running or regularly |
| Cronicle | Multi-server task scheduler and runner |
| systemd | Suite of basic building blocks for a Linux system |
| Supercronic | Crontab-compatible job runner designed for container environments |
| Ofelia | Low-footprint job scheduler for Docker environments |
| Dkron | Distributed job scheduling system for cloud native environments |
| mcron | 100% compatible replacement for Vixie cron |
| Dagu | Lightweight workflow orchestration engine |
| anacron | Designed for systems which are not continuously running |
| Jobber | Run commands to a schedule |
| bcron | Designed with secure operations in mind |
| Chadburn | Modern job scheduler for Docker environments |
| runcron | Minimal cron alternative for automated and container-friendly environments |
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