Cron is one of the most useful utilities in FreeBSD. Cron is application that running in background that checks file /etc/crontab constantly, it is usually used for automatic commands execution. Using cron and this crontab file you can also start any service you want automatically or scheduled.

1. to change crontab or edit crontab file (using ee or vi)
ee /etc/crontab

you will see lines like this

PATH=/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin Continue reading Restart Crontab on FreeBSD and Linux →