#!/bin/sh # Start/stop the cron daemon. # ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: cron # Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog $time # Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog $time # Should-Start: $network $named slapd autofs ypbind nscd nslcd winbind # Should-Stop: $network $named slapd autofs ypbind nscd nslcd winbind # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: # Short-Description: Regular background program processing daemon # Description: cron is a standard UNIX program that runs user-specified # programs at periodic scheduled times. vixie cron adds a # number of features to the basic UNIX cron, including better # security and more powerful configuration options. ### END INIT INFO setvar PATH = "/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin" setvar DESC = ""cron daemon"" setvar NAME = 'cron' setvar DAEMON = '/usr/sbin/cron' setvar PIDFILE = '/var/run/crond.pid' setvar SCRIPTNAME = "/etc/init.d/"$NAME"" test -f $DAEMON || exit 0 source /lib/lsb/init-functions test -r /etc/default/cron && source /etc/default/cron # Read the system's locale and set cron's locale. This is only used for # setting the charset of mails generated by cron. To provide locale # information to tasks running under cron, see /etc/pam.d/cron. # # We read /etc/environment, but warn about locale information in # there because it should be in /etc/default/locale. proc parse_environment { for ENV_FILE in [/etc/environment /etc/default/locale] { test -r $ENV_FILE || continue test -s $ENV_FILE || continue for var in [LANG LANGUAGE LC_ALL LC_CTYPE] { setvar value = $(egrep "^${var}=" $ENV_FILE | tail -n1 | cut -d= -f2) test -n $value && eval export $var=$value if test -n $value && test $ENV_FILE = /etc/environment { log_warning_msg "/etc/environment has been deprecated for locale information; use /etc/default/locale for $var=$value instead" } } } # Get the timezone set. if test -z $TZ -a -e /etc/timezone { setvar TZ = $(cat /etc/timezone) } } # Parse the system's environment if test $READ_ENV = "yes" { parse_environment } match $1 { with start log_daemon_msg "Starting periodic command scheduler" "cron" start_daemon -p $PIDFILE $DAEMON $EXTRA_OPTS log_end_msg $Status with stop log_daemon_msg "Stopping periodic command scheduler" "cron" killproc -p $PIDFILE $DAEMON setvar RETVAL = "$Status" test $RETVAL -eq 0 && test -e $PIDFILE && rm -f $PIDFILE log_end_msg $RETVAL with restart log_daemon_msg "Restarting periodic command scheduler" "cron" $0 stop $0 start with reload|force-reload log_daemon_msg "Reloading configuration files for periodic command scheduler" "cron" # cron reloads automatically log_end_msg 0 with status status_of_proc -p $PIDFILE $DAEMON $NAME && exit 0 || exit $? with * log_action_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/cron {start|stop|status|restart|reload|force-reload}" exit 2 } exit 0