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{{Package-Introduction|Vixie-cron is Paul Vixie's implementation of cron.|http://www.isc.org/index.pl}}

== Creating the vxicron User & Group ==

 groupadd -g 24 vxicron &&
 useradd -c "Vixie cron User" -d /dev/null -u 24 -g vxicron -s /bin/false vxicron

== Configuration Information ==

See files config.h and pathnames.h to configure Vixie cron for your environment.

== Non-Multilib ==

Compile the package:

 sed -i 's@/usr/ucb/vi@/usr/bin/vim@' pathnames.h &&
 echo '#define CRON_GROUP "vxicron"' >> config.h &&
 make

Install the package:

 make install

== Multilib ==

<b>This package does not provide any libraries so only one installation is required.</b>

=== 32Bit ===

Compile the package:

 sed -i 's@/usr/ucb/vi@/usr/bin/vim@' pathnames.h &&
 echo '#define CRON_GROUP "vxicron"' >> config.h &&
 sed -i 's/-Wno-comment/-Wno-comment ${BUILD32}/' Makefile && 
 make

Install the package:

 make install

=== N32 ===

Compile the package:

 sed -i 's@/usr/ucb/vi@/usr/bin/vim@' pathnames.h &&
 echo '#define CRON_GROUP "vxicron"' >> config.h &&
 sed -i 's/-Wno-comment/-Wno-comment ${BUILDN32}/' Makefile && 
 make

Install the package:

 make install

=== 64Bit ===

Compile the package:

 sed -i 's@/usr/ucb/vi@/usr/bin/vim@' pathnames.h &&
 echo '#define CRON_GROUP "vxicron"' >> config.h &&
 sed -i 's/-Wno-comment/-Wno-comment ${BUILD64}/' Makefile && 
 make

Install the package:

 make install

== Configuring ==

The files /etc/cron.allow and /etc/cron.deny determine which users are authorized to use cron.

Install the [http://cblfs.cross-lfs.org/index.php/Bootscripts bootscript] for cron.

 make install-fcron &&
 sed -i 's/fcron/cron/g' /etc/rc.d/init.d/fcron

== Contents ==

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!Installed Directories:
|None
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!Installed Programs:
|cron, crontab
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!Installed Libraries:
|None
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=== Short Descriptions ===

{| style="text-align: left;"
|-valign="top"
!cron
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!crontab
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[[Category:General Utilities]]