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crontabs

crontabs is the plural of crontab.

Meaning of crontab

Noun

crontab (plural crontabs)

  1. (Unix) A table of commands to be executed periodically.
    • The purpose of /etc/crontab is different from that of individual users' crontabs. With /etc/crontab, root may specify which user will run a particular command.2008, Michael Lucas, Absolute FreeBSD: The Complete Guide to FreeBSD

Questions about crontabs

What is crontabs the plural of?
Crontabs is the plural of crontab.

Words near crontabs in the dictionary

  1. Cronquist system
  2. Crons
  3. Cronstadt Island
  4. cronstedtite
  5. crontab
  6. crontabs
  7. Cronulla
  8. Cronus
  9. cronusite
  10. cronut
  11. cronuts

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