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An introduction to Tiger terminal, part 5

Posted in: Mac OS X, Tips & Tricks
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In this article the author shows you how Tiger Mac OS X runs regularly scheduled commands and scripts to execute recurring jobs, like system maintenance and backups by comparing the "old" way, using the Unix tool called cron (for chronological), with the new Tiger method of using the launchd daemon.



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