Linux tips for using cron to schedule tasks: 
Making things happen on a regular and predictable schedule is important on computers. It’s important because, as humans, we can sometimes be bad at remembering to do things reliably because we get distracted, have too much on our minds, or we’re on holiday. Computers are really good at doing things on a schedule, but a human has to program the computer before the computer takes action.
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