mcron 1.1.1

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.
• GNU Free Documentation License:		The license of this manual.
• 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 base 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.