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CRON(8) 		 System Administration Utilities		 CRON(8)

NAME
     cron - manual page for cron 1.2.3

SYNOPSIS
     cron [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION
     Unless  an  option  is  specified, run a cron daemon as a detached process,
     reading all the information in the users? crontabs and in /etc/crontab.

     -s[N], --schedule[=N]
	    display the next N (or 8) jobs that will be run, and exit

     -n,    --noetc
	    do not check /etc/crontab for updates (use of this option is  HIGHLY
	    RECOMMENDED)

     -h,    --help
	    display this help and exit

     -V,    --version
	    output version information and exit

     -u,    --usage
	    show brief usage summary

     Mandatory	or  optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or op-
     tional  for  any  corresponding  short  options.	Send  bug   reports   to
     bug-mcron@gnu.org.

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright	?  2003  - 2023  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:
     GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
     This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute  it.   There
     is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
     The  full documentation for cron is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
     info and cron programs are properly installed at your site, the command

	    info mcron

     should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU				   March 2023				 CRON(8)

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