Cron - Augeas Documentation

# Cron

Parses /etc/cron.d/*, /etc/crontab

Author: Raphael Pinson rap.nosp@m.hink@gmai.nosp@m.l.com

Summary

Cron | Parses /etc/cron.d/*, /etc/crontab
Reference | This lens tries to keep as close as possible to `man 5 crontab` where possible.
License | This file is licensed under the LGPL v2+, like the rest of Augeas.
Lens Usage | Sample usage of this lens in augtool
Configuration files | This lens applies to /etc/cron.d/* and /etc/crontab.
USEFUL PRIMITIVES |
Generic primitives |
eol |
indent |
comment |
empty |
num |
alpha |
alphanum |
entry_prefix |
Separators |
sep_spc |
sep_eq |
ENTRIES |
shellvar | A shell variable in crontab
- prefix of an entry |
minute |
hour |
dayofmonth |
month |
dayofweek |
user |
time | Time in the format “minute hour dayofmonth month dayofweek”
the valid values for schedules |
schedule | Time in the format “@keyword”
entry | A crontab entry
lns | The cron lens
filter |

### Reference

This lens tries to keep as close as possible to `man 5 crontab` where possible.

### License

This file is licensed under the LGPL v2+, like the rest of Augeas.

### Lens Usage

Sample usage of this lens in augtool

- Get the entry that launches ‘/usr/bin/ls’

>     match '/files/etc/crontab/entry[. = "/usr/bin/ls"]'

### Configuration files

This lens applies to /etc/cron.d/* and /etc/crontab. See filter.

### USEFUL PRIMITIVES

### Generic primitives

### eol

> let eol = Util.eol

### indent

> let indent = Util.indent

### comment

> let comment = Util.comment

### empty

> let empty = Util.empty

### num

> let num = /[0-9*][0-9\/,*-]*/

### alpha

> let alpha = /[A-Za-z]{3}/

### alphanum

> let alphanum = (num|alpha) . ("-" . (num|alpha))?

### entry_prefix

> let entry_prefix = /-/

### Separators

### sep_spc

> let sep_spc = Util.del_ws_spc

### sep_eq

> let sep_eq = Util.del_str "="

### ENTRIES

### shellvar

> let shellvar = let key_re = /[A-Za-z1-9_-]+(\[[0-9]+\])?/ - "entry" in let sto_to_eol = store /[^\n]*[^ \t\n]/ in [ key key_re . sep_eq . sto_to_eol . eol ]

A shell variable in crontab

### - prefix of an entry

### minute

> let minute = [ label "minute" . store num ]

### hour

> let hour = [ label "hour" . store num ]

### dayofmonth

> let dayofmonth = [ label "dayofmonth" . store num ]

### month

> let month = [ label "month" . store alphanum ]

### dayofweek

> let dayofweek = [ label "dayofweek" . store alphanum ]

### user

> let user = [ label "user" . store Rx.word ]

### time

> let time = [ label "time" . minute . sep_spc . hour . sep_spc . dayofmonth . sep_spc . month . sep_spc . dayofweek ]

Time in the format “minute hour dayofmonth month dayofweek”

### the valid values for schedules

### schedule

> let schedule = [ label "schedule" . Util.del_str "@" . store schedule_re ]

Time in the format “@keyword”

### entry

> let entry = [ label "entry" . indent . prefix? . ( time | schedule ) . sep_spc . user . sep_spc . store Rx.space_in . eol ]

A crontab entry

### lns

> let lns = ( empty | comment | shellvar | entry )*

The cron lens

### filter

> let eol = Util.eol

> let indent = Util.indent

> let comment = Util.comment

> let empty = Util.empty

> let num = /[0-9*][0-9\/,*-]*/

> let alpha = /[A-Za-z]{3}/

> let alphanum = (num|alpha) . ("-" . (num|alpha))?

> let entry_prefix = /-/

> let sep_spc = Util.del_ws_spc

> let sep_eq = Util.del_str "="

> let shellvar = let key_re = /[A-Za-z1-9_-]+(\[[0-9]+\])?/ - "entry" in let sto_to_eol = store /[^\n]*[^ \t\n]/ in [ key key_re . sep_eq . sto_to_eol . eol ]

A shell variable in crontab

> let minute = [ label "minute" . store num ]

> let hour = [ label "hour" . store num ]

> let dayofmonth = [ label "dayofmonth" . store num ]

> let month = [ label "month" . store alphanum ]

> let dayofweek = [ label "dayofweek" . store alphanum ]

> let user = [ label "user" . store Rx.word ]

> let time = [ label "time" . minute . sep_spc . hour . sep_spc . dayofmonth . sep_spc . month . sep_spc . dayofweek ]

Time in the format “minute hour dayofmonth month dayofweek”

> let schedule = [ label "schedule" . Util.del_str "@" . store schedule_re ]

Time in the format “@keyword”

> let entry = [ label "entry" . indent . prefix? . ( time | schedule ) . sep_spc . user . sep_spc . store Rx.space_in . eol ]

A crontab entry

> let lns = ( empty | comment | shellvar | entry )*

The cron lens
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