fcron is a periodical command scheduler which aims at replacing Vixie Cron, so it implements most of its functionalities.
But fcron makes no assumptions on whether your system is running all the time or regularly : you can, for instance, tell fcron to execute tasks every x hours y minutes of system up time or to do a job only once in a specified interval of time.
Fcron has also much more functionalities : you can also set a nice value to a job, run it depending on the system load average and much more !
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3.4.022 Mar 2025 21:50
major feature:
fcron now handles computer suspend/resume (see the option 'runatresume' and the Vixie-cron-style '@resume' shortcut). The default email displayname changed and is now RFC5322-compliant (this can be reverted via fcron.conf if needed). The default delay before fcron reloads fcrontab was reduced to 5s. Various bug fixes and small improvements are included too.
3.3.018 Aug 2016 08:52
major feature:
The main change in this release is that @-lines can now be run up to every second (previously every 10s at most). Also the install script now fully supports systemd.
3.2.102 Jul 2016 13:56
minor feature:
The main change in this release is that @-lines can now be run up to every second (previously every 10s at most). Also the install script now fully supports systemd.
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Thibault Godouet