bionic (7) cdist-type__cron.7.gz

Provided by: cdist_4.4.1-1_all bug

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
       crontab(5)


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


COPYING
       Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Steven Armstrong. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
       GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
       or (at your option) any later version.