[josteink]

Systemd has a cron system too.

I’m just guessing, but it might be easier to programmatically install a systemd cron job (and making sure it runs) than doing so for the old/conventional crond?

[gumby]

Just using cron is back compatible

[Spivak]

Things you get with systemd that you don't get with cron unless you implement them in the script.

* Not running if the network is down.

* Not running if the download path isn't available.

* Running if the machine was off during the scheduled time.

* Monitoring and retry logic.

* Logging to syslog.

* Resource constraints.

* Random wait.

It ends up being a lot of code factored out of the actual application.

[behringer]

so instead of code in one place you have it in 2?

[JustSomeNobody]

I don’t understand this logic. Can you explain why having code in more than one place is a bad thing?

[behringer]

For a simple script that does one thing, it's overkill.

[josteink]

Yes. So you keep that simple script simple, and you let systemd do the heavy lifting.