SYNOPSIS

       fcrontab [ -c file ] [ -n ] file [ user | -u user ]


       fcrontab [ -c file ] [ -n ] { -l | -r | -e | -z } [ user | -u user ]


       fcrontab [ -h ]

DESCRIPTION

       Fcrontab  is the program intended to install, edit, list and remove the
       tables used by fcron(8) daemon. As fcron internally  uses  a  non-human
       readable  format  (this is needed because fcron saves more informations
       than the user gives, for example the time and date of next  execution),
       the user cannot edit directly his fcrontab (the one used by fcron).

       When  a user installs a fcrontab, the source file is saved in the spool
       directory (/usr/local/var/spool/fcron) to allow future editions, and  a
       formatted  file  is  generated  for the fcron daemon, which is signaled
       once about ten seconds before the next minute for all changes made pre-
       viously.  The  daemon is not informed of the changes immediately but at
       most once a minute to keep ill disposed users from blocking the  daemon
       by  installing  fcrontabs over and over (ie. denial of service attack).
       We will call "fcrontab" the source file of the fcrontab in the  follow-
       ing.

       A   user   can   install   a   fcrontab   if   he   is  listed  in  the
       /usr/local/etc/fcron.allow and not (unless by the keyword  all)  listed
       in  /usr/local/etc/fcron.deny  (see  section "files" below). If neither
       fcron.allow nor fcron.deny exist, all users are allowed. None of  these
       files have to exist, but if they do, the deny file takes precedence.

       The  first  form of the command is used to install a new fcrontab file,
       from any named file or from standard input if the  pseudo-filename  "-"
       is  given, replacing the previous one (if any): each user can have only
       one fcrontab.

       For  instance,  root  can  create  a  systemwide  fcrontab  file,   say
       /etc/fcrontab, and run "fcrontab /etc/fcrontab" to install the new ver-
       sion after each change of the file. Or (s)he can create a new  fcrontab
       running  a simple "fcrontab", and then maintain it using "fcrontab -e".
       Same considerations apply to a non privileged user.

OPTIONS

       -u user
              Specify the user whose fcrontab will be managed, or "systab" for
              the system fcrontab.  Should only be used by root. If not given,
              the fcrontab file of the user invoking fcrontab will be handled.
              It may be useful since the su(8) command may confuse fcrontab.

              Note: the to a '-u user'.
              try to keep as much information as possible between old and  new
              version of the fcrontab (time and date of next execution, if job
              is in serial queue, etc) if the line hasn't been modified  (same
              fields, same shell command).

       -c file
              Make  fcrontab  use  config  file file instead of default config
              file /usr/local/etc/fcron.conf. To interact with a running fcron
              process,  fcrontab must use the same config file as the process.
              That way, several fcron processes can run simultaneously  on  an
              only system.

       -d     Run  in  debug  mode.  In this mode, many informational messages
              will be output in order to check if anything went wrong.

       -h     Display a brief description of the options.

       -V     Display an informational message about fcrontab,  including  its
              version and the license under which it is distributed.

RETURN VALUES

       Fcrontab returns 0 on normal exit and 1 on error.

CONFORMING TO

       Should be POSIX compliant.

FILES

       /usr/local/etc/fcron.conf
              Configuration  file  for  fcron, fcrontab and fcrondyn: contains
              paths (spool dir, pid file) and default programs to use (editor,
              shell, etc). See fcron.conf(5) for more details.

       /usr/local/etc/fcron.allow
              Users  allowed  to use fcrontab and fcrondyn (one name per line,
              special name "all" acts for everyone)

       /usr/local/etc/fcron.deny
              Users who are not allowed to use  fcrontab  and  fcrondyn  (same
              format as allow file)

       /usr/local/etc/pam.d/fcron (or /usr/local/etc/pam.conf)
              PAM configuration file for fcron. Take a look at pam(8) for more
              details.

SEE ALSO

       fcrontab(1),

       fcrondyn(1),

       fcrontab(5),

       fcron.conf(5),