mcron 1.0.3

mcron

This file documents the mcron command (Mellor's cron) for running jobs at scheduled times.

• Introduction: Introducing mcron.
• Simple examples: How to use mcron 99.9% of the time.
• Syntax: All the possibilities for configuring cron jobs.
• Invoking: What happens when you run the mcron command.
• Guile modules: Incorporating mcron into another Guile program.
• Index: The complete index.

--- The Detailed Node Listing ---

Simple examples

• Guile Simple Examples
• Vixie Simple Examples

Full available syntax

• Guile Syntax
• Extended Guile examples
• Vixie Syntax

Extended Guile examples

• AT commands
• Every second Sunday
• Two hours every day
• Missing the first appointment
• Penultimate day of every month

Vixie

• Paul Vixie's copyright
• Crontab file
• Incompatibilities with old Unices

Detailed invoking

• Invoking mcron
• Invoking cron or crond
• Invoking crontab
• Behaviour on laptops
• Exit codes

Guile modules

• The core module: The job list and execution loop.
• The redirect module: Sending output of jobs to a mail box.
• The vixie-time module: Parsing vixie-style time specifications.
• The job-specifier module: All commands for scheme configuration files.
• The vixie-specification module: Commands for reading vixie-style crontabs.