From a16fd52bc5053032079533169baec131e271fbd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dale Mellor Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 17:11:46 +0100 Subject: Morphed README -> README.md. --- README | 69 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 file changed, 69 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 README (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README deleted file mode 100644 index 7fe59f0..0000000 --- a/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,69 +0,0 @@ -This is GNU Mcron, a tool to run jobs at scheduled times. It is a complete -replacement for Vixie cron. Besides supporting the traditional Vixie syntax -for its configuration files, GNU Mcron offers the possibility to define jobs -using the Scheme language. - -See the INSTALL file for generic information about how to configure and -install GNU Mcron. If this file is not present, see HACKING for -preliminary build instructions. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -IMPORTANT NOTICES - -Do not (yet) install this software on a machine which relies for its -functioning on its current set of crontabs. - -To not replace the cron daemon on a system, the package must be installed -with the --disable-multi-user configure option. - -Before installing this package for the first time, it is necessary to terminate -any running cron daemons on your system. If your old cron is not Vixie or -accurately Vixie compatible (files in /var/cron/tabs*, /var/cron/allow, -/var/cron/deny, /etc/crontab, /var/run/cron.pid) then you will need to clear out -all old crontabs and make new ones afresh - or else look very carefully at the -options you pass to the package configure script, as follows. - -It is often the case that GNU/Linux distributions and other Unices hacked the -cron daemon to use different directories to those above. You can use configure -options --spool-dir, --socket-file, --allow-file, --deny-file, --pid-file and ---tmp-dir to make mcron behave similarly. Note that, with the exception of -tmp-dir, none of these files or directories should be accessible by ordinary -(non-root) users. - -If your old cron is Vixie, or very similar, mcron should fall right into place -where your old cron was (the binaries cron and crontab will be replaced, but if -your existing system has a binary called crond, you should make this a link -to mcron), and you should be able to continue to use your existing crontabs -without noticing any changes. - -If you don't want to clobber your existing cron executables, you can specify -the --program-prefix option to configure with a prefix ending in a -non-alphabetic character, for example "m.", and then run the programs as -m.mcron, m.cron (or m.crond) and m.crontab. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - - -After compilation, read the info file for full instructions for use (typing -'info -f doc/mcron.info' at the command line should suffice). Notes for end -users, sysadmins, and developers who wish to incorporate mcron into their own -programs are included here. - -Features which might be implemented sometime sooner or later are noted in the -TODO file. - -Please send all other bug reports to bug-mcron@gnu.org. - -Mcron is free software. See the file COPYING for copying conditions. - -The mcron development home page is at http://www.gnu.org/software/mcron, and it -can be obtained from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/mcron. - ------ - -Copyright © 2003, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2014 Dale Mellor -Copyright © 2018 Mathieu Lirzin - -Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, -are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright -notice and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, -without warranty of any kind. -- cgit v1.2.3