[systemd-devel] How-to for systemd user timers instead of cron/crontab?

[Lennart Poettering]

On Do, 17.10.19 10:58, Paul Menzel (pmenzel+systemd-devel at molgen.mpg.de) wrote:

> Dear systemd folks,
>
>
> I couldn’t find a simple documentation for “normal” users how
> to use systemd timers instead of cron/crontab? The Arch Wiki
> has a page [1], but I am afraid it’s still too complicated
> for our users.

There are no such docs afaik.

It's not too different from systemd timer units. Except you place them
in ~/.config/systemd/user/*.timer. And a few other things are
different, and a few things not available...

Yes, it would be great to have more docs about this, maybe file an
issue on github asking for that, but I wouldn't hold my breath I
fear...

Lennart

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