Cron service

The Windows-based Cron service allows users to run commands at scheduled times, much like the UNIX cron daemon. Users run the crontab Windows command to schedule jobs.

For information about installing the Windows-based Cron service, see Install the Windows-based Cron service.

For information about starting and stopping the Windows-based Cron service, see Start and stop the Windows-based Cron service.

For general information, see Using Cron.

In addition to this Windows-based service, Windows Services for UNIX provides a corresponding Interix-based daemon that runs under the Interix subsystem. For more information, see cron(1).