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Diffstat (limited to 'usr/src/man/man1/crontab.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr/src/man/man1/crontab.1 | 49 |
1 files changed, 46 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/usr/src/man/man1/crontab.1 b/usr/src/man/man1/crontab.1 index 5017199ae9..4a5d196e7c 100644 --- a/usr/src/man/man1/crontab.1 +++ b/usr/src/man/man1/crontab.1 @@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ .\" .\" .\" Copyright 1989 AT&T +.\" Copyright (c) 2009, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved +.\" Copyright (c) 2011, Joyent, Inc. All Rights Reserved .\" Portions Copyright (c) 1992, X/Open Company Limited All Rights Reserved .\" Copyright (c) 2009, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved .\" Copyright 2020 OmniOS Community Edition (OmniOSce) Association. @@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ crontab \- user crontab file .LP .nf -\fB/usr/bin/crontab\fR \fB-u\fR \fIusername\fR \fB{ -e | -l | -r }\fR +\fB/usr/bin/crontab\fR \fB-u\fR \fIusername\fR \fB{ -e | -g | -l | -r }\fR .fi .LP @@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ crontab \- user crontab file .LP .nf -\fB/usr/xpg4/bin/crontab\fR \fB{ -e | -l | -r }\fR [\fIusername\fR] +\fB/usr/xpg4/bin/crontab\fR \fB{ -e | -g | -l | -r }\fR [\fIusername\fR] .fi .LP @@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ crontab \- user crontab file .LP .nf -\fB/usr/xpg6/bin/crontab\fR \fB{ -e | -l | -r }\fR [\fIusername\fR] +\fB/usr/xpg6/bin/crontab\fR \fB{ -e | -g | -l | -r }\fR [\fIusername\fR] .fi .LP @@ -106,6 +108,19 @@ users' crontabs. If \fBcrontab\fR is invoked with \fIfilename\fR, this overwrites an existing \fBcrontab\fR entry for the user that invokes it, or for the user specified with the \fB-u\fR option. +.sp +.LP +Cron supports a merged crontab with entries coming from either the user's +\fB/var/spool/cron/crontabs\fR file or from the user's +\fB/etc/cron.d/crontabs\fR file. The entries in the user's +\fB/var/spool/cron/crontabs\fR file are editable whereas those in +\fB/etc/cron.d/crontabs\fR are system-defined entries which may not +be customized by the user. The dual set of crontab entries is only +of interest to system-defined users such as \fBroot\fR. Except where +otherwise explicitly indicated, all variants of the \fBcrontab\fR command +act only on the editable crontab files found in \fB/var/spool/cron/crontabs\fR. +.sp +.LP .SS "\fBcrontab\fR Access Control" Users: Access to \fBcrontab\fR is allowed: .RS +4 @@ -382,6 +397,9 @@ file using the \fB-r\fR option. If \fIusername\fR is specified, the specified user's \fBcrontab\fR file is edited, rather than the current user's \fBcrontab\fR file. This can only be done by root or by a user with the \fBsolaris.jobs.admin\fR authorization. +.sp +Only the entries in the user's \fB/var/spool/cron/crontabs\fR file are +editable. .RE .sp @@ -393,6 +411,22 @@ done by root or by a user with the \fBsolaris.jobs.admin\fR authorization. Lists the \fBcrontab\fR file for the invoking user. Only root or a user with the \fBsolaris.jobs.admin\fR authorization can specify a username following the \fB-l\fR option to list the \fBcrontab\fR file of the specified user. +.sp +Entries from the user's \fB/var/spool/cron/crontabs\fR file are listed, unless +the \fB-g\fR option is given, in which case only entries from the user's +\fB/etc/cron.d/crontabs\fR file are listed. +.RE + +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB\fB-g\fR\fR +.ad +.RS 6n +In conjunction with the \fB-l\fR option, lists the global \fBcrontab\fR file +for the invoking or specified user (if authorized) instead of the editable +\fBcrontab\fR file. This option is not valid unless the \fB-l\fR option is +also given. .RE .sp @@ -651,6 +685,15 @@ list of denied users .sp .ne 2 .na +\fB\fB/etc/cron.d/crontabs\fR\fR +.ad +.RS 28n +system spool area for \fBcrontab\fR +.RE + +.sp +.ne 2 +.na \fB/var/cron/log\fR .ad .RS 28n |