salt.modules.cron#
Work with cron
Note
Salt does not escape cron metacharacters automatically. You should backslash-escape percent characters and any other metacharacters that might be interpreted incorrectly by the shell.
- salt.modules.cron.get_entry(user, identifier=None, cmd=None)#
Return the specified entry from user's crontab. identifier will be used if specified, otherwise will lookup cmd Either identifier or cmd should be specified.
- user:
User's crontab to query
- identifier:
Search for line with identifier
- cmd:
Search for cron line with cmd
CLI Example:
salt '*' cron.get_entry root identifier=task1
- 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)#
This function is an alias of
list_tab.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)#
This function is an alias of
rm_job.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.rm_special(user, cmd, special=None, identifier=None)#
Remove a special cron job for a specified user.
CLI Example:
salt '*' cron.rm_special root /usr/bin/foo
- 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 user@example.com
- salt.modules.cron.set_job(user, minute, hour, daymonth, month, dayweek, cmd, commented=False, 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, commented=False, comment=None, identifier=None)#
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
Changed in version 2015.8.9.
Note
Some OS' do not support specifying user via the crontab command i.e. (Solaris, AIX)
- 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
Changed in version 2015.8.9.
Note
Some OS' do not support specifying user via the crontab command i.e. (Solaris, AIX)