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cdist-type__cron(7)
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Steven Armstrong <steven-cdist--@--armstrong.cc>
NAME
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cdist-type__cron - installs and manages cron jobs
DESCRIPTION
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This cdist type allows you to manage entries in a users crontab.
REQUIRED PARAMETERS
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user::
The user who's crontab is edited
command::
The command to run.
OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
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state::
Either present or absent. Defaults to present.
minute::
See crontab(5). Defaults to *
hour::
See crontab(5). Defaults to *
day_of_month::
See crontab(5). Defaults to *
month::
See crontab(5). Defaults to *
day_of_week::
See crontab(5). Defaults to *
raw::
Take whatever the user has given instead of time and date fields.
If given, all other time and date fields are ignored.
Can for example be used to specify cron EXTENSIONS like reboot, yearly etc.
See crontab(5) for the extensions if any that your cron implementation
implements.
EXAMPLES
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# run Monday to Saturday at 23:15
__cron some-id --user root --command "/path/to/script" \
--hour 23 --minute 15 --day_of_week 1-6
# run on reboot
__cron some-id --user root --command "/path/to/script" \
--raw @reboot
# remove cronjob
__cron some-id --user root --command "/path/to/script" --state absent
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SEE ALSO
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- cdist-type(7)
- crontab(5)
COPYING
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Copyright \(C) 2011-2013 Steven Armstrong. Free use of this software is
granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).