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diff --git a/doc/mcron.texi b/doc/mcron.texi index a176b2e..efc7d36 100644 --- a/doc/mcron.texi +++ b/doc/mcron.texi @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ program for running jobs at scheduled times. Copyright @copyright{} 2003, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2022 Dale Mellor Copyright @copyright{} 2018 Mathieu Lirzin +Copyright @copyright{} 2021 Maxim Cournoyer @quotation Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -887,6 +888,53 @@ This option is used to indicate whether the configuration information being passed on the standard input is in Vixie format or Guile format. Guile is the default. +@cindex log-format option +@cindex options, log-format +@cindex --log-format option +@cindex logging output, configuration +@cindex configuring the logging output +@anchor{--log-format} +@item --log-format +This option accepts an @code{(ice-9 format)} format string that can be used to +customize the appearance of the output. The format string is applied to +@code{format} with the following four arguments: +@enumerate +@item A date/time string. +@item The job process PID (as as number). +@item The action name. +@item The message to log. +@end enumerate + +It defaults to @code{"~a ~2@*~a: ~a~%"}, which produces output messages like: + +@example +2021-08-17T12:01:01 some-job: completed in 0.218s +@end example + +If you'd rather see the job process PID instead of a timestamp, you could +instead specify the format string as @code{"~1@*~a ~a: ~a~%"}, which would +result in something like: + +@example +39234 some-job: completed in 0.218s +@end example + +To learn about all the possibilities offered by @code{(ice-9 format)}, refer +to @ref{Formatted Output,,, guile, GNU@tie{}Guile@tie{}Reference@tie{}Manual}. + +@cindex date-format option +@cindex options, date-format +@cindex --date-format option +@cindex timestamp, modification +@cindex changing the default timestamp +@anchor{--date-format} +@item --date-format +This option accepts a @code{(srfi srfi-19)} date string format, to customize +the appearance of the timestamp in output messages. It defaults to +@code{"~5"}, which corresponds to a local ISO-8601 date/time format +(@pxref{SRFI-19 Date to string,,, +guile,GNU@tie{}Guile@tie{}Reference@tie{}Manual}). + @cindex -v option @cindex --version option @cindex options, -v @@ -981,6 +1029,12 @@ minute to check for modifications to @code{/etc/crontab}. It is recommended that this option be used (and further that the @code{/etc/crontab} file be taken off the system altogether!) +@item --log-format +Analogous to mcron's @ref{--log-format}. + +@item --date-format +Analogous to mcron's @ref{--date-format}. + @end table @node Invoking crontab, Behaviour on laptops, Invoking cron or crond, Invoking @@ -1266,6 +1320,36 @@ last job that was reported in the schedule report. The report itself is returned to the calling program as a string. @end deffn +@defopt %date-format +@cindex parameters, date format +@cindex date format parameter +This parameter holds the @code{(srfi srfi-19)} format string used to produce +the timestamp found in output messages. It defaults to @code{"~5"}. +@end defopt + +@deffn{Scheme procedure} validate-date-format @var{fmt} +@cindex date format validator +This procedure is used to validate @var{fmt}, a @code{(srfi srfi-19)} format +string. When @var{fmt} is invalid, an error message is displayed and the +program is aborted. +@end deffn + +@defopt %log-format +@cindex parameters, log format +@cindex log format parameter +This parameter holds the @code{(ice-9 format)} format string used to produce +the output messages. The four arguments applied to format are the timestamp, +the process PID, the job name and the message. It defaults to @code{"~a +~2@*~a: ~a~%"}. +@end defopt + +@deffn{Scheme procedure} validate-log-format @var{fmt} +@cindex log format validator +This procedure is used to validate @var{fmt}, a @code{(ice-9 format)} format +string. When @var{fmt} is invalid, an error message is displayed and the +program is aborted. +@end deffn + @node The redirect module, The vixie-time module, The base module, Guile modules @section The redirect module @cindex redirect module |