NAME

       cdist-type__cron - installs and manages cron jobs

DESCRIPTION

       This cdist type allows you to manage entries in a users crontab.

REQUIRED PARAMETERS

       user
           The user who’s crontab is edited

       command
           The command to run.

OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

       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.

       raw_command
           Take whatever the user has given in the command and ignore everything else. If given,
           the command will be added to crontab. Can for example be used to define variables like
           SHELL or MAILTO.

EXAMPLES

           # 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

           # define default shell
           __cron some-id --user root --raw_command --command "SHELL=/bin/bash" \
              --state present

SEE ALSO

       •   cdist-type(7)

       •   crontab(5)

COPYING

       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).

AUTHOR

       Steven Armstrong <steven-cdist--@--armstrong.cc>
           Author.

                                            04/07/2016                        CDIST-TYPE__CRON(7)