systemd.cron(7)


NAME

   systemd.cron - systemd cron units

SYNOPSIS

   cron.target,      cron-hourly.timer,      cron-hourly.target,     cron-
   hourly.service,     cron-daily.timer,     cron-daily.target,      cron-
   daily.service,     cron-weekly.timer,     cron-weekly.target,     cron-
   weekly.service,    cron-monthly.timer,    cron-monthly.target,    cron-
   monthly.service, cron-update.path, cron-update.service.

DESCRIPTION

   These  units  provide  cron  daemon functionality by running scripts in
   cron directories.
   The crontabs are monitored by cron-update.path  and  are  automatically
   translated by systemd-crontab-generator(8) .

FILES

   /etc/cron.hourly
          Directory for scripts to be executed every hour.

   /etc/cron.daily
          Directory for scripts to be executed every day.

   /etc/cron.weekly
          Directory for scripts to be executed every week.

   /etc/cron.monthly
          Directory for scripts to be executed every month.

   /etc/cron.d
          Directory for crontabs to be executed on a custom schedule.  The
          files in this folder must follow the crontab(5) layout.
          If there  exists  a  timer  of  the  same  name  +  '.timer'  in
          /lib/systemd/system or /etc/systemd/system, this crontab will be
          ignored to enable a smooth migration to native timers.
          You can also use this to mask an unneeded crontab provide  by  a
          package:
          ln -s /dev/null /etc/systemd/system/[package].timer

SYSTEM UNITS

   cron.target
          The  target unit which starts the others. This should be enabled
          and started to use cron functionality.

   cron-schedule.timer
          The timer units which pull the cron-schedule.target units at the
          appropriate  time.  Started and stopped by the cron.target unit.
          These units cannot be controlled manually.

   cron-schedule.target
          The targets invoke all service units wanted by  them,  including
          cron-schedule.service.

   cron-schedule.service
          The  service  units  which  run scripts in the cron directories.
          Started and stopped by  the  cron-schedule.target  units.  These
          units  cannot  be controlled manually. You can use journalctl(1)
          to view the output of scripts run from these units.

LIMITATIONS

   This cron replacement only send mails on failure. The log  of  jobs  is
   saved  in  systemd  journal.  Do not use with a cron daemon or anacron,
   otherwise scripts may be executed multiple times.
   All services are run with Type=oneshot  ,  that  means  you  can't  use
   systemd-cron to launch long lived forking daemons.

EXTENSIONS

   The  generator  can  optionally  turn all crontabs in persistent timers
   with the PERSISTENT=true flag, while a regular cron+anacron setup won't
   catch-up the missed executions of crontabs on boot.

EXAMPLES

   Start cron units
          # systemctl start cron.target

   Start cron units on boot
          # systemctl enable cron.target

   View script output
          # journalctl -u cron-hourly
          # journalctl -u cron-daily
          # journalctl -u cron-weekly
          # journalctl -u cron-monthly

   Example service file executed every hour
          [Unit]
          Description=Update the man db

          [Service]
          Nice=19
          IOSchedulingClass=2
          IOSchedulingPriority=7
          ExecStart=/usr/bin/mandb --quiet

          [Install]
          WantedBy=cron-hourly.target

NOTES

   1. The  exact times scripts are executed is determined by the values of
      the special calendar events  hourly,  daily,  weekly,  monthly,  and
      yearly defined by systemd.time(7).

   2. run-parts(8)  is  used to run scripts. Scripts must be executable by
      root to run.

DIAGNOSTICS

   With systemd >= 209, you can execute "systemctl list-timers" to have  a
   overview of timers and know when they will elapse.

SEE ALSO

   systemd(1),   systemd.unit(5),  systemd.service(5),  systemd.target(5),
   systemd.timer(5),    systemd.time(7),     systemd-crontab-generator(8),
   crontab(5), run-parts(8)

AUTHOR

   Dwayne Bent





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