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)