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.\" $Header: /cvsroot/src/libexec/crond/Attic/crond.8,v 1.1.1.1 1993/03/21 09:45:37 cgd Exp $
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.\"/* Copyright 1988,1990 by Paul Vixie
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.\" * user.
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.\" * paul@vixie.sf.ca.us || {hoptoad,pacbell,decwrl,crash}!vixie!paul
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.\" */
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.TH CROND 8 "15 Nov 1988"
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.UC 4
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.SH NAME
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crond \- daemon to execute scheduled commands (Vixie Cron)
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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crond
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.I Crond
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should be started from /etc/rc or /etc/rc.local. It will return immediately,
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so you don't need to start it with '&'.
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.PP
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.I Crond
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searches /var/cron/tabs for crontab files which are named after accounts in
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/etc/passwd; crontabs found are loaded into memory.
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.I Crond
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then wakes up every minute, examining all stored crontabs, checking each
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command to see if it should be run in the current minute. When executing
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commands, any output is mailed to the owner of the crontab (or to the user
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named in the MAILTO environment variable in the crontab, if such exists).
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.PP
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Additionally,
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.I crond
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checks each minute to see if its spool directory's modtime has changed, and
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if it has,
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.I crond
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will then examine the modtime on all crontabs and reload those which have
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changed. Thus
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.I crond
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need not be restarted whenever a crontab file is modified. Note that the
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.IR Crontab (1)
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command updates the modtime of the spool directory whenever it changes a
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crontab.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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crontab(1), crontab(5)
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.SH AUTHOR
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.nf
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Paul Vixie, paul@vixie.sf.ca.us
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