It is an example of running Node.js script, which is triggered in every certain period(day/hour/min). in Linux is doing same job but it happens to me which can’t fulfill my purpose: crontab To use to trigger script: crontab Node.js We can provide the full path to node in your cron job like: /usr/local/bin/node 30 6 1 * * /usr/local/bin/node /home/steve/example/script.js Or making a script with the command, and then adding that to cron: #!/usr/bin/env sh node /home/campaigns/reporting/UNIT_TESTS/testCron.js > /home/campaigns/reporting/UNIT_TESTS/cron.log However, the problem of two above method is messing up the path in __*Node.js*__, all the command is in , but the Node.js script uses to import/require other modules. It causes the error of file not found. . absolut path relative path So we need to execute the cron under the directory of Node.js script, which contains all the module which will be used There is the , which can help understand more. example git Install This is the lib is used to keep the cron-job alive, which triggers the node script at certain time. $ npm install --save node-cron Usage Import node-cron and schedule a task: Read more var cron = require('node-cron'); cron.schedule('* * * * *', function(){ console.log('running a task every minute');}); Run Node.js script in cron To run script : $ node script1.js And script: $ npm run script -- PeterGood is a amazing Node.js script from , which helps to manage multiple linux command. child_help.js mout Start a Daemon, and run $ node cronNodeScript Exceute scritp every 1 min //exceute every 1 mincron.schedule('*/1 * * * *', function(){....}); Exceute and every 1 min $ node script1.js npm run script -- PeterGood //exceute every 1 mincron.schedule('*/1 * * * *', function(){var shell = require('./child_helper'); var commandList = \[ "node script1.js", "npm run script -- PeterGood" \] shell.series(commandList , function(err){ // console.log('executed many commands in a row'); console.log('done') }); }); Reference: https://github.com/wahengchang/nodejs-cron-job-must-know https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-schedule https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-cron https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7194102/node-js-script-not-executing-from-crontab https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5849402/how-can-you-execute-a-node-js-script-via-a-cron-job
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