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diff --git a/source/a/dcron/run-parts.8 b/source/a/dcron/run-parts.8 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2d5e5f6ad --- /dev/null +++ b/source/a/dcron/run-parts.8 @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +.\" -*- nroff -*- +.ds g \" empty +.ds G \" empty +.\" Like TP, but if specified indent is more than half +.\" the current line-length - indent, use the default indent. +.de Tp +.ie \\n(.$=0:((0\\$1)*2u>(\\n(.lu-\\n(.iu)) .TP +.el .TP "\\$1" +.. +.TH RUN-PARTS 8 "14 Apr 2002" "Slackware Version 8.1.0 +.SH NAME +run-parts \- run scripts found in a directory +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B run-parts <directory> +.LP +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B run-parts +is a utility that will run scripts that are found in a directory. For example, +it might be useful to create an /etc/cron.daily directory and put scripts in +there for daily cron jobs. Then +.B run-parts +can be called once a day from root's crontab to run all the scripts found in +/etc/cron.daily: + +40 4 * * * run-parts /etc/cron.daily + +.B run-parts +automatically skips files with certain suffixes that are generally associated +with backup or extra files. Any file that ends in one of these will be silently +ignored: ~ ^ , .bak .new .rpmsave .rpmorig .rpmnew .swp +.SH AUTHOR +Patrick J. Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com>, with ideas borrowed from the +Red Hat and Debian versions of this utility. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR crond(8), +.BR crontab(8). |