Information about the package, crontabs, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The crontabs package is designed for, Root crontab files used to schedule the execution of programs.
Package Name:
crontabs
Summary:
Root crontab files used to schedule the execution of programs
Description:
The crontabs package contains root crontab files and directories. You will need to install cron daemon to run the jobs from the crontabs. The cron daemon such as cronie or fcron checks the crontab files to see when particular commands are scheduled to be executed. If commands are scheduled, it executes them. Crontabs handles a basic system function, so it should be installed on your system.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.10
Release:
33.el6
Size:
2.4 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
anaconda-CentOS-201303020151.x86_64
Licence:
Public Domain and GPLv2
Control the crontabs package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install crontabs
This command will install crontabs on the server.
yum remove crontabs
This command will un-install crontabs on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove crontabs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove crontabs
This command will un-install crontabs 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 crontabs when using the -y flag.
yum update crontabs
This command will update crontabs to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove crontabs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update crontabs
This command will update crontabs 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 crontabs when using the -y flag.
yum info crontabs
This command will show you core information about the crontabs package.
yum deplist crontabs
This command will show you the dependencies for crontabs. 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 crontabs
This command will check if there is an update waiting on crontabs. 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.