The cron command has officially been deprecated in Mac OS X, but still functions if called upon. cron starts a process that executes commands at specified dates and times. Regularly scheduled commands can be specified according to instructions found in the crontab files in the directory /var/spool/cron/crontabs. Users can submit their own crontab files via the crontab command. Crontab copies the specified file or standard input if no file is specified, into a directory that holds all users’ crontabs. crontab options: The -e option edits a copy of the current users’ crontab file or creates an empty file to edit if crontab does not exist. The-r option removes a user’s…