Revive rev 1.12 (NetBSD improvements including @ shortcuts).

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Sheldon Hearn 2000-03-14 14:51:55 +00:00
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@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ The
.Em value
string may be placed in quotes (single or double, but matching) to preserve
leading or trailing blanks.
The
.Em name
string may also be placed in quote (single or double, but matching)
to preserve leading, traling or inner blanks.
.Pp
Several environment variables are set up
automatically by the
@ -182,6 +186,21 @@ field matches the current time. For example,
``30 4 1,15 * 5''
would cause a command to be run at 4:30 am on the 1st and 15th of each
month, plus every Friday.
.Pp
Instead of the first five fields,
one of eight special strings may appear:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
string meaning
------ -------
@reboot Run once, at startup.
@yearly Run once a year, "0 0 1 1 *".
@annually (sames as @yearly)
@monthly Run once a month, "0 0 1 * *".
@weekly Run once a week, "0 0 * * 0".
@daily Run once a day, "0 0 * * *".
@midnight (same as @daily)
@hourly Run once an hour, "0 * * * *".
.Ed
.Sh EXAMPLE CRON FILE
.Bd -literal
@ -221,6 +240,11 @@ Command output is mailed to the crontab owner (BSD can't do this), can be
mailed to a person other than the crontab owner (SysV can't do this), or the
feature can be turned off and no mail will be sent at all (SysV can't do this
either).
.Pp
All of the
.Sq @
commands that can appear in place of the first five fields
are extensions.
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Paul Vixie Aq paul@vix.com
.Sh BUGS