System
crond
Cron daemon for scheduled tasks.
Ubuntu
CentOS
Debian
Arch
SUSE
Slackware
Alpine
Fedora
Verified: 2025-09-09
Syntax
$systemctl [start|stop|restart] crond oder service crond [start|stop|restart]
Examples
$systemctl start crond
$service crond restart
Typical use cases
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Standard usage
crond --help
Note
Cron Daemon. Management depends on the init system.
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