Why do we have cru as well as crontab?

[chrisisbd]

Why do we have cru in addition to crontab in asuswrt-merlin? Does it offer any additional features or is it just a (slightly) easier to use interface for creating cron jobs?

 

[ColinTaylor]

It's just easier to use in scripts. Otherwise you have to do that whole "export the crontab, modify it, write it back" procedure.

A simple way to manage your cron jobs is through the included "cru" command. Just run "cru" to see the usage information. You can then put your "cru" commands inside a user script to re-generate your cron jobs at boot time.

Scheduled tasks (cron jobs)

Third party firmware for Asus routers (newer codebase) - RMerl/asuswrt-merlin.ng

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