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mcrontab - the util to manage the user mcron crontab

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS 

NAME

mcrontab - the util to manage the user mcron crontab

SYNOPSIS

mcrontab [-helr] [-f <file>]

DESCRIPTION

mcrontab the util to edit, replace, remove, or replace an user mcron crontab.

The user must belong to the "mcron" group.

The user have to give an option. Only the first one is used.

The new crontab content will be used by the daemon after the current minute. Example if mcrontab finish at 14:23, the new crontab will be used right after 14:24.

OPTIONS

-e

Edit the crontab using the EDITOR environment variable. Abort if the EDITOR exit abnormally.

-l

List the current crontab content.

-r

Drop the current crontab.

-f <file|->

Replace the current crontab with the given file. Use "-" as file to read from standard input.

-h

Print the usage.


Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se