CRONTABS(4)                                          Crontabs users' Manual                                          CRONTABS(4)



NAME
       crontabs - configuration and scripts for running periodical jobs

SYNOPSIS
       run-parts [--list|--test]<directory>

DESCRIPTION
       Crontabs  is  historical  name  for run-parts script and system crontab.  Run-parts runs all executables in the specified
       directory. The execution of files can be allowed or denied by creating file jobs.allow
        or jobs.deny which worked similar as other allow/deny config files. The file must be created in the specified directory.

       --list print names of all files (not limited to executables), but don't run them. This option can't  be  used  with  test
              option.

       --test print names of files, which would be run.

       Historically  the  crontab  file  contained  configuration which called run-parts on files in cron.{daily,weekly,monthly}
       directories. These jobs are now run indirectly through anacron to prevent conflicts between cron and anacron.  That means
       the  anacron  package has to be installed if the jobs in these directories should be running. Refer to the anacron(8) how
       to limit the time of day of the job execution.


EXAMPLE
       /etc/cron.daily/jobs.deny could contain for example 0logwatch which forbid execution of this script.

SEE ALSO
       anacron(8), crontab(5)



Marcela Malaova                                             2010-11-5                                                CRONTABS(4)