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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/cron')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/cron/cron/cron.8 | 19 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/cron/cron/cron.8 b/usr.sbin/cron/cron/cron.8 index d47735b..bd5cf35 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/cron/cron/cron.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/cron/cron/cron.8 @@ -29,26 +29,31 @@ .Op Fl o .Op Fl x Ar debugflag Ns Op , Ns Ar ... .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Cron -should be started from +The +.Nm +utility should be started from .Pa /etc/rc or .Pa /etc/rc.local . It will return immediately, so you don't need to start it with '&'. .Pp -.Nm Cron -searches +The +.Nm +utility searches .Pa /var/cron/tabs for crontab files which are named after accounts in .Pa /etc/passwd ; crontabs found are loaded into memory. -.Nm Cron -also searches for +The +.Nm +utility also searches for .Pa /etc/crontab which is in a different format (see .Xr crontab 5 ) . -.Nm Cron +The +.Nm +utility then wakes up every minute, examining all stored crontabs, checking each command to see if it should be run in the current minute. When executing commands, any output is mailed to the owner of the crontab (or to the user |
