salt.modules.cron¶

Work with cron

salt.modules.cron.list_tab(user)¶

Return the contents of the specified user's crontab

CLI Example:

salt '*' cron.list_tab root

salt.modules.cron.ls(user)¶

Return the contents of the specified user's crontab

CLI Example:

salt '*' cron.list_tab root

salt.modules.cron.raw_cron(user)¶

Return the contents of the user's crontab

CLI Example:

salt '*' cron.raw_cron root

salt.modules.cron.rm(user, cmd, minute=None, hour=None, daymonth=None, month=None, dayweek=None, identifier=None)¶

Remove a cron job for a specified user. If any of the day/time params are specified, the job will only be removed if the specified params match.

CLI Example:

salt '*' cron.rm_job root /usr/local/weekly
salt '*' cron.rm_job root /usr/bin/foo dayweek=1

salt.modules.cron.rm_env(user, name)¶

Remove cron environment variable for a specified user.

CLI Example:

salt '*' cron.rm_env root MAILTO

salt.modules.cron.rm_job(user, cmd, minute=None, hour=None, daymonth=None, month=None, dayweek=None, identifier=None)¶

Remove a cron job for a specified user. If any of the day/time params are specified, the job will only be removed if the specified params match.

CLI Example:

salt '*' cron.rm_job root /usr/local/weekly
salt '*' cron.rm_job root /usr/bin/foo dayweek=1

salt.modules.cron.set_env(user, name, value=None)¶

Set up an environment variable in the crontab.

CLI Example:

salt '*' cron.set_env root MAILTO [email protected]

salt.modules.cron.set_job(user, minute, hour, daymonth, month, dayweek, cmd, comment=None, identifier=None)¶

Sets a cron job up for a specified user.

CLI Example:

salt '*' cron.set_job root '*' '*' '*' '*' 1 /usr/local/weekly

salt.modules.cron.set_special(user, special, cmd)¶

Set up a special command in the crontab.

CLI Example:

salt '*' cron.set_special root @hourly 'echo foobar'

salt.modules.cron.write_cron_file(user, path)¶

Writes the contents of a file to a user's crontab

CLI Example:

salt '*' cron.write_cron_file root /tmp/new_cron

salt.modules.cron.write_cron_file_verbose(user, path)¶

Writes the contents of a file to a user's crontab and return error message on error

CLI Example:

salt '*' cron.write_cron_file_verbose root /tmp/new_cron