Information about the package, cronie, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The cronie package is designed for, Cron daemon for executing programs at set times.
Package Name:
cronie
Summary:
Cron daemon for executing programs at set times
Description:
Cronie contains the standard UNIX daemon crond that runs specified programs at scheduled times and related tools. It is a fork of the original vixie-cron and has security and configuration enhancements like the ability to use pam and SELinux.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.4.4
Release:
16.el6_8.2
Size:
174 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
MIT and BSD and ISC and GPLv2
Control the cronie package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install cronie
This command will install cronie on the server.
yum remove cronie
This command will un-install cronie on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cronie, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove cronie
This command will un-install cronie on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove cronie when using the -y flag.
yum update cronie
This command will update cronie to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cronie, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update cronie
This command will update cronie to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove cronie when using the -y flag.
yum info cronie
This command will show you core information about the cronie package.
yum deplist cronie
This command will show you the dependencies for cronie. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update cronie
This command will check if there is an update waiting on cronie. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.