periodic.8 (02eab22ca16588015a4619fd9229873aa366d117) periodic.8 (bf5cbf35513d811c5829f8756a46eeb017a0a39b)
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2.\" All rights reserved.
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4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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27.Dd 13 August 1997
28.Os FreeBSD 3.0
29.Dt PERIODIC 8
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm periodic
32.Nd
33run periodic system functions

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107.Dl 0 3 * * 6 root periodic weekly 2>&1
108.Dl 0 5 1 * * root periodic monthly 2>&1
109.Pp
110Additionally, the system registry will typically have a
111.Va local_cron
112variable reading:
113.Dl local_cron="/usr/local/etc/periodic /usr/X11R6/etc/periodic" # cron script dirs.
114.Sh SEE ALSO
26.\"
27.Dd 13 August 1997
28.Os FreeBSD 3.0
29.Dt PERIODIC 8
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm periodic
32.Nd
33run periodic system functions

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107.Dl 0 3 * * 6 root periodic weekly 2>&1
108.Dl 0 5 1 * * root periodic monthly 2>&1
109.Pp
110Additionally, the system registry will typically have a
111.Va local_cron
112variable reading:
113.Dl local_cron="/usr/local/etc/periodic /usr/X11R6/etc/periodic" # cron script dirs.
114.Sh SEE ALSO
115.Xr cron 8 ,
115.Xr sh 1 ,
116.Xr crontab 5 ,
117.Xr rc.conf 5 ,
116.Xr crontab 5 ,
117.Xr rc.conf 5 ,
118.Xr sh 1
118.Xr cron 8
119.Rs
120.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
121Exit status is 0 on success, and 1 if the command
122fails for one of the following reasons:
123.Bl -diag
124.It usage: periodic <directory of files to execute>
125No directory path argument was passed to
126.Nm
127to specify where the script fragments reside.
128.It <directory> not found
129Self explanatory.
130.El
131.Sh HISTORY
132The
133.Nm
134program first appeared in
135.Fx 3.0 .
136.Sh AUTHOR
137.An Paul Traina Aq pst@FreeBSD.ORG .
119.Rs
120.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
121Exit status is 0 on success, and 1 if the command
122fails for one of the following reasons:
123.Bl -diag
124.It usage: periodic <directory of files to execute>
125No directory path argument was passed to
126.Nm
127to specify where the script fragments reside.
128.It <directory> not found
129Self explanatory.
130.El
131.Sh HISTORY
132The
133.Nm
134program first appeared in
135.Fx 3.0 .
136.Sh AUTHOR
137.An Paul Traina Aq pst@FreeBSD.ORG .