How Scheduling Is Done in Linux?
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Linux uses a Completely Fair Scheduling (CFS) algorithm, which is an implementation of weighted fair queueing (WFQ). Imagine a single CPU system to start with: CFS time-slices the CPU among running threads. There is a fixed time interval during which each thread in the system must run at least once.

How process scheduling is done in Linux?

Linux scheduling is based on the time-sharing technique already introduced in Section 6.3: several processes run in “time multiplexing” because the CPU time is divided into “slices,” one for each runnable process. Of course, a single processor can run only one process at any given instant.

How do I schedule a Linux script?

Schedule tasks in Linux

  1. $ crontab -l. Want the cron job list for a different user? …
  2. $ sudo crontab -u -l. To edit the crontab script, run the command. …
  3. $ crontab -e. …
  4. $ Sudo apt install -y at. …
  5. $ sudo systemctl enable –now atd.service. …
  6. $ at now + 1 hour. …
  7. $ at 6pm + 6 days. …
  8. $ at 6pm + 6 days -f <script>
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