.\" Copyright (c) 2012 .\" Hiroki Sato . All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" .Dd January 26, 2012 .Dt RC.D/CRON 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm cron .Nd rc.d script for .Xr cron 8 daemon .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Oo fast|force|one Oc Ns Ar start|stop|restart|rcvar|status|poll .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm is an .Xr rc.d 8 script to control .Xr cron 8 daemon. .Sh COMMAND LINE ARGUMENTS The standard .Xr rc.d 8 arguments are supported. For more information, see the section of .Fn run_rc_command in the .Xr rc 8 manual page. .Sh CONFIGURATION VARIABLES The following .Xr rc.conf 5 variables are supported. To show all of the supported variables and the default values, use .Li rcvar argument: .Pp .Bl -tag -width "01234567890123456789" -compact .It Va cron_enable .Pq Vt bool Set to .Dq Li YES to start the .Xr cron 8 daemon at boot time. .Pp .It Va cron_flags .Pq Vt str Specify command line flags to the .Xr cron 8 daemon. .Pp .It Va cron_dst .Pq Vt bool Set to .Dq Li YES to enable a special handling of transition between the standard time and the daylight saving time. .El .Pp .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr rc.conf 5 , .Xr cron 8 , .Xr rc 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm script appeared in .Fx 8.0 . .Sh AUTHORS This manual page was written by .An Hiroki Sato Aq hrs@FreeBSD.org .