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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 21:07:28 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 21:07:28 -0400 |
| commit | 711594636704defae873be1a355a292505585afd (patch) | |
| tree | 59ee13f863830d8beba6cfd02bbe813dd486c26f /static/v10/man8/cron.8 | |
| parent | 3258a063c1f189d7b019e40e525b46bef9b9a7b1 (diff) | |
docs: Added UNIX V10 Manuals
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diff --git a/static/v10/man8/cron.8 b/static/v10/man8/cron.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3a58416f --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man8/cron.8 @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +.TH CRON 8 +.CT 1 sa_auto +.SH NAME +cron \- clock daemon +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B /etc/cron +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Cron +executes commands at specified dates and times +according to the instructions in the file +.FR /etc/crontab . +It should be run once from +.IR rc (8). +.PP +.I Crontab +entries are lines of seven fields separated by blanks or tabs: +.IP +.I +login minute hour day month weekday command +.PP +.I Login +is the login name under +whose userid and groupid +the command should be executed. +The next five fields are integer patterns for +.PD0 +.RS +.TP \w'day\ of\ month\ \ 'u +minute +0-59 +.TP +hour +0-23 +.TP +day of month +1-31 +.TP +month of year +1-12 +.TP +day of week +0-6; 0=Sunday +.PD +.RE +.PP +Each pattern may +contain a number in the range above; +two numbers separated by +a hyphen +meaning an inclusive range; +a list of numbers separated by +commas meaning any of the numbers; +or an asterisk meaning all legal values. +.PP +The last field is a string +to be executed by the shell, +after replacing +.L % +with newline. +.PP +It is wise to spread the times of activities to avoid +bogging the system down at favorite hours. +.PP +.I Cron +examines +.I crontab +every minute. +.SH EXAMPLES +.EX +daemon 17 3 * * * /usr/bin/calendar - # reminders at 0317 +adm 15 4 1,15 * * ac -p | mail adm # bimonthly accounts +root 0 12 22-28 11 4 /etc/wall Time for Thanksgiving dinner +.EE +.SH FILES +.F /etc/crontab +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR at (1) +.SH BUGS +The behavior of +.L % +in +.I crontab +entries is nonstandard. +Strings following +.L % +should be delivered to the command as standard input. |
