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SYSTEMD-CRONTAB-GENERATOR(8) systemd-crontab-generator SYSTEMD-CRONTAB-GENERATOR(8)

NAME

systemd-crontab-generator - translate cron schedules in systemd Units

SYNOPSIS

systemd-crontab-generator folder

DESCRIPTION

systemd-crontab-generator translates the legacy cron files (see FILES) into systemd units & timers.
It is run
*
during early boot,
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after each manual updates to the cron files, (*)
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and when distribution packages add files in /etc/cron.d/. (*)
(*): those are monitored by cron-update.path

FILES

/etc/crontab
System crontab.
/etc/cron.d
Directory for system crontabs.
/etc/anacrontab
/var/spool/cron/crontabs
Directory for users crontabs.
 

SEE ALSO

systemd.cron(5),crontab(1),systemd.unit(5),systemd.timer(5)

AUTHOR

Alexandre Detiste <alexandre@detiste.be>
2014-06-29 systemd-cron 1.3.1