cron(4)


cron -- option file for crontab and at

Description

Options for cron(1M) can be set or changed with keywords in /etc/default/cron. The following keywords are recognized by cron:

CRONLOG=YES or NO
If CRONLOG is set to YES, all cron jobs are logged in /var/cron/log. The default is NO.

BACKUP
Backup log file. Default is /var/cron/olog.

LINES
The number of last lines to keep a logfile. Default is 100.

SIZE
The maximum size of log file before backup. default is 500000L.

Files

/etc/default/cron
Control logging of cron jobs.

References

at(1), cron(1M), crontab(1), queuedefs(4)
30 January 1998
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