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=== General Information ===
=== General Information ===
[[Image:Preferences-system.png|48px]] KCron is a tool for running applications in the background at regular intervals. It's a graphical interface to the Cron command.
[[Image:Preferences-system.png|48px]] KCron is a tool for running applications in the background at regular intervals. It's a graphical interface to the Cron command.
KCron is a standard application that is prepackaged with KDE.
KCron is a standard application that is prepackaged for KDE workspaces.


[[Image:Kcron-screenshot-de.png|thumb|300px|KCron in KDE4]]
[[Image:Kcron-screenshot-de.png|thumb|300px|KCron in KDE SC 4]]


=== Usage ===
=== Usage ===
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In {{KDE4}}  
In {{KDE4}}  
KCron now is a module which could be found in "system settings > advanced > system section > task scheduler"
KCron now is a module which could be found in "system settings > advanced > system section > task scheduler".  If it is not present, please check that you have the kdeadmin package installed.


In {{KDE3}}  
In {{KDE3}}  

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General Information

KCron is a tool for running applications in the background at regular intervals. It's a graphical interface to the Cron command. KCron is a standard application that is prepackaged for KDE workspaces.

KCron in KDE SC 4

Usage

First define what variables your application needs and their values, then select your application. When this is done you select at which times your application should be run and you're all set.

In KCron now is a module which could be found in "system settings > advanced > system section > task scheduler". If it is not present, please check that you have the kdeadmin package installed.

In KCron can be started using ALT+F2 or K-Menu.

Hints

  • All the files that are modified are located in the /etc/cron directory where there are numerous files to look at.
  • The command-line tool to have a look at the currently installed cron-jobs is crontab -l (that's the letter L).