138 lines
4.3 KiB
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138 lines
4.3 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1997 FreeBSD, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" $Id: periodic.8,v 1.9 1999/02/14 20:06:02 jkh Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd 13 August 1997
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.Os FreeBSD 3.0
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.Dt PERIODIC 8
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm periodic
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.Nd
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run periodic system functions
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm periodic
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.Ao
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.Cm daily | weekly | monthly |
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.Ar path Op path ...
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.Ac
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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program is intended to be called by cron(8) to execute shell scripts
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located in the specified directory.
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.Pp
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One, and only one, of the following arguments should be specified:
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.Bl -tag -width Fl
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.It Cm daily
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Perform the standard daily periodic executable run.
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This usually occurs early in the morning (local time).
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.It Cm weekly
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Perform the standard weekly periodic executable run.
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This usually occurs on Sunday mornings.
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.It Cm monthly
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Perform the standard monthly periodic executable run.
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This usually occurs on the first day of the month.
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.It Ar path
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An absolute path to a directory containing a set of executables to be run.
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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program will run each executable file in the directory or directories
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specified. If a file does not have the executable bit set, it will be
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ignored silently.
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.Sh ENVIRONMENT
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The
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.Nm
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command sets the
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.Ev PATH
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environment to include all standard system directories, but no additional
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directories, such as
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.Pa /usr/local/bin .
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If executables are added which depend upon other path components, each
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executable must be responsible for configuring its own appropriate environment.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /etc/periodic
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.It Pa /etc/crontab
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The
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.Nm
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program is typically called via entries in the system default cron table.
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.It Pa /etc/periodic
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The top level directory containing
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.Pa daily ,
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.Pa weekly ,
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and
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.Pa monthly
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subdirectories which contain standard system periodic executables.
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.It Pa /etc/defaults/rc.conf
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The
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.Pa rc.conf
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system registry contains a variable
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.Va local_periodic
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which may be configured to specify additional top level standard
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periodic directories, such as
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.Pa /usr/local/etc/periodic
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and
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.Pa /usr/X11R6/etc/periodic .
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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The system crontab should have entries for
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.Nm
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similar to the following example:
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.Pp
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.Dl # do daily/weekly/monthly maintenance
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.Dl 0 2 * * * root periodic daily 2>&1
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.Dl 0 3 * * 6 root periodic weekly 2>&1
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.Dl 0 5 1 * * root periodic monthly 2>&1
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.Pp
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Additionally, the system registry will typically have a
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.Va local_periodic
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variable reading:
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.Dl local_periodic="/usr/local/etc/periodic /usr/X11R6/etc/periodic" # periodic script dirs
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr sh 1 ,
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.Xr crontab 5 ,
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.Xr rc.conf 5 ,
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.Xr cron 8
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.Rs
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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Exit status is 0 on success and 1 if the command
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fails for one of the following reasons:
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.Bl -diag
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.It usage: periodic <directory of files to execute>
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No directory path argument was passed to
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.Nm
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to specify where the script fragments reside.
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.It <directory> not found
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Self explanatory.
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.El
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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program first appeared in
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.Fx 3.0 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An Paul Traina Aq pst@FreeBSD.org
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