# Clarification Regarding Cron Jobs & Setup/Config

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/clarification-regarding-cron-jobs-setup-config/134450>\
**Category:** ℹ️ Support\
**Tags:** nc23, cron\
**Created:** [February 23, 2022, 11:35am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/clarification-regarding-cron-jobs-setup-config/134450 "2022-02-23T11:35:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/clarification-regarding-cron-jobs-setup-config/134450/6 "2022-03-03T21:03:46Z")

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> [@norsemangrey](#):
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> A job that could be done by any basic Linux container.

**NO!**

> [@norsemangrey](#):
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> As I understand it from what has been described the container only needs access to the same directory as as the main NextCloud container as well as being able execute a crontab.

The cron container needs access to **exactly same** resources the app container has: files, database and config. as files within Nextclodu are not only the objects in the file system but they belong together with other metadata regarding this object in the DB - e.g. file versions, trashbin, sharing links etc. in other words it must be like a shadow of the original…

I’m sorry I really don’t get your problem - the other container doesn’t cost you anything, no more storage no more resources (compared to _another_ container which **costs** additional storage).

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