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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:43:11 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:43:11 +0000 |
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diff --git a/upstream/debian-unstable/man5/anacrontab.5 b/upstream/debian-unstable/man5/anacrontab.5 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f03ede2b --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/debian-unstable/man5/anacrontab.5 @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +.TH ANACRONTAB 5 2004-07-11 "Pascal Hakim" "Anacron Users' Manual" +.SH NAME +/etc/anacrontab \- configuration file for anacron +.SH DESCRIPTION +The file +.I /etc/anacrontab +describes the jobs controlled by \fBanacron\fR(8).\& +Its lines can be of three kinds: job-description lines, environment +assignments, or empty lines.\& +.PP +Job-description lines are of one of these two forms: +.PP + period delay job-identifier command +.PP + @period_name delay job-identify command +.PP +The +.I period +is specified in days, the +.I delay +in minutes.\& +The +.I job-identifier +can contain any non-blank character, except slashes.\& +It is used to identify the job in Anacron messages, and as the name for the +job's timestamp file.\& +The +.I command +can be any shell command.\& +The fields can be separated by blank spaces or tabs.\& +The +.I period_name +can only be set to monthly at the present time.\& +This will ensure jobs are only run once a month, no matter the number of days +in this month, or the previous month.\& +.PP +Environment assignment lines are of the form: +.PP + VAR = VALUE +.PP +Spaces around +.I VAR +are removed.\& +No spaces around +.I VALUE +are allowed \%(unless you want them to be part of the value).\& +The assignment takes effect from the next line to the end of the file, or to +the next assignment of the same variable.\& +.PP +Empty lines are either blank lines, line containing white-space only, or lines +with white-space followed by a \&'#'\& followed by an arbitrary comment.\& +.PP +You can continue a line onto the next line by ending it with a \&'\e'.\& +.SH "SEE ALSO" +\fBanacron\fR(8) +.PP +The Anacron +.I README +file.\& +.SH AUTHOR +Itai Tzur \%<itzur@actcom.co.il> +.PP +Currently maintained by Lance Lin \%<lq27267@gmail.com>.\& |