Cron jobs on IBM i 7.1
I just found out today that on an IBM i system I am able to use SSH to get to a Unix-like terminal (AIX/PASE) and would like to use this to schedule automated tasks using crontab. Does anyone know if this is possible? I know in Linux just creating the crontab file is enough, but what about AIX on IBM i?
cron crontab aix ibm-server
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I just found out today that on an IBM i system I am able to use SSH to get to a Unix-like terminal (AIX/PASE) and would like to use this to schedule automated tasks using crontab. Does anyone know if this is possible? I know in Linux just creating the crontab file is enough, but what about AIX on IBM i?
cron crontab aix ibm-server
edited Mar 3 '16 at 5:47
fixer1234
18k144681
asked Sep 26 '14 at 21:40
MaKRMaKR
20114
add a comment |
I just found out today that on an IBM i system I am able to use SSH to get to a Unix-like terminal (AIX/PASE) and would like to use this to schedule automated tasks using crontab. Does anyone know if this is possible? I know in Linux just creating the crontab file is enough, but what about AIX on IBM i?
cron crontab aix ibm-server
edited Mar 3 '16 at 5:47
fixer1234
18k144681
asked Sep 26 '14 at 21:40
MaKRMaKR
20114
I just found out today that on an IBM i system I am able to use SSH to get to a Unix-like terminal (AIX/PASE) and would like to use this to schedule automated tasks using crontab. Does anyone know if this is possible? I know in Linux just creating the crontab file is enough, but what about AIX on IBM i?
cron crontab aix ibm-server
cron crontab aix ibm-server
edited Mar 3 '16 at 5:47
fixer1234
18k144681
asked Sep 26 '14 at 21:40
MaKRMaKR
20114
edited Mar 3 '16 at 5:47
fixer1234
18k144681
asked Sep 26 '14 at 21:40
MaKRMaKR
20114
edited Mar 3 '16 at 5:47
fixer1234
18k144681
edited Mar 3 '16 at 5:47
fixer1234
18k144681
edited Mar 3 '16 at 5:47
fixer1234
18k144681
18k144681
asked Sep 26 '14 at 21:40
MaKRMaKR
20114
asked Sep 26 '14 at 21:40
MaKRMaKR
20114
asked Sep 26 '14 at 21:40
MaKRMaKR
20114
20114
add a comment |
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IBM AIX 5.3 has a crontab command which allows you to submit, edit, list, and removes cron jobs.
If you are the root user, you can use the crontab feature. If you do not have root access, your login has to be added to the cron.allow file and at the same time not in cron.deny. The cron.allow and cron.deny files are located under the /var/adm/cron directory.
answered Sep 26 '14 at 22:00
SunSun
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None of those directories exist on our IBM i and crontab isn't a command. I was hoping just editing the cron file would be enough but it's not. I'm beginning to think that since IBM i has its own built-in job scheduler they didn't bother to port crontab. It's just a pain to have to ask the RPG devs to schedule jobs to call php functions I write. Thanks!
– MaKR
Sep 29 '14 at 19:56
@MaKR - We have the same inefficiencies at work as well. Hopefully, it is just a one time change or minimal changes once scheduled. Good luck!
– Sun
Sep 29 '14 at 19:58
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IBM AIX 5.3 has a crontab command which allows you to submit, edit, list, and removes cron jobs.
If you are the root user, you can use the crontab feature. If you do not have root access, your login has to be added to the cron.allow file and at the same time not in cron.deny. The cron.allow and cron.deny files are located under the /var/adm/cron directory.
answered Sep 26 '14 at 22:00
SunSun
4,54262442
None of those directories exist on our IBM i and crontab isn't a command. I was hoping just editing the cron file would be enough but it's not. I'm beginning to think that since IBM i has its own built-in job scheduler they didn't bother to port crontab. It's just a pain to have to ask the RPG devs to schedule jobs to call php functions I write. Thanks!
– MaKR
Sep 29 '14 at 19:56
@MaKR - We have the same inefficiencies at work as well. Hopefully, it is just a one time change or minimal changes once scheduled. Good luck!
– Sun
Sep 29 '14 at 19:58
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IBM AIX 5.3 has a crontab command which allows you to submit, edit, list, and removes cron jobs.
If you are the root user, you can use the crontab feature. If you do not have root access, your login has to be added to the cron.allow file and at the same time not in cron.deny. The cron.allow and cron.deny files are located under the /var/adm/cron directory.
answered Sep 26 '14 at 22:00
SunSun
4,54262442
None of those directories exist on our IBM i and crontab isn't a command. I was hoping just editing the cron file would be enough but it's not. I'm beginning to think that since IBM i has its own built-in job scheduler they didn't bother to port crontab. It's just a pain to have to ask the RPG devs to schedule jobs to call php functions I write. Thanks!
– MaKR
Sep 29 '14 at 19:56
@MaKR - We have the same inefficiencies at work as well. Hopefully, it is just a one time change or minimal changes once scheduled. Good luck!
– Sun
Sep 29 '14 at 19:58
add a comment |
IBM AIX 5.3 has a crontab command which allows you to submit, edit, list, and removes cron jobs.
If you are the root user, you can use the crontab feature. If you do not have root access, your login has to be added to the cron.allow file and at the same time not in cron.deny. The cron.allow and cron.deny files are located under the /var/adm/cron directory.
answered Sep 26 '14 at 22:00
SunSun
4,54262442
IBM AIX 5.3 has a crontab command which allows you to submit, edit, list, and removes cron jobs.
If you are the root user, you can use the crontab feature. If you do not have root access, your login has to be added to the cron.allow file and at the same time not in cron.deny. The cron.allow and cron.deny files are located under the /var/adm/cron directory.
answered Sep 26 '14 at 22:00
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4,54262442
answered Sep 26 '14 at 22:00
SunSun
4,54262442
answered Sep 26 '14 at 22:00
SunSun
4,54262442
answered Sep 26 '14 at 22:00
SunSun
4,54262442
4,54262442
None of those directories exist on our IBM i and crontab isn't a command. I was hoping just editing the cron file would be enough but it's not. I'm beginning to think that since IBM i has its own built-in job scheduler they didn't bother to port crontab. It's just a pain to have to ask the RPG devs to schedule jobs to call php functions I write. Thanks!
– MaKR
Sep 29 '14 at 19:56
@MaKR - We have the same inefficiencies at work as well. Hopefully, it is just a one time change or minimal changes once scheduled. Good luck!
– Sun
Sep 29 '14 at 19:58
add a comment |
None of those directories exist on our IBM i and crontab isn't a command. I was hoping just editing the cron file would be enough but it's not. I'm beginning to think that since IBM i has its own built-in job scheduler they didn't bother to port crontab. It's just a pain to have to ask the RPG devs to schedule jobs to call php functions I write. Thanks!
– MaKR
Sep 29 '14 at 19:56
@MaKR - We have the same inefficiencies at work as well. Hopefully, it is just a one time change or minimal changes once scheduled. Good luck!
– Sun
Sep 29 '14 at 19:58
None of those directories exist on our IBM i and crontab isn't a command. I was hoping just editing the cron file would be enough but it's not. I'm beginning to think that since IBM i has its own built-in job scheduler they didn't bother to port crontab. It's just a pain to have to ask the RPG devs to schedule jobs to call php functions I write. Thanks!
– MaKR
Sep 29 '14 at 19:56
None of those directories exist on our IBM i and crontab isn't a command. I was hoping just editing the cron file would be enough but it's not. I'm beginning to think that since IBM i has its own built-in job scheduler they didn't bother to port crontab. It's just a pain to have to ask the RPG devs to schedule jobs to call php functions I write. Thanks!
– MaKR
Sep 29 '14 at 19:56
@MaKR - We have the same inefficiencies at work as well. Hopefully, it is just a one time change or minimal changes once scheduled. Good luck!
– Sun
Sep 29 '14 at 19:58
@MaKR - We have the same inefficiencies at work as well. Hopefully, it is just a one time change or minimal changes once scheduled. Good luck!
– Sun
Sep 29 '14 at 19:58
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