bcron-exec(8)

bcron-exec8

Execute jobs on behalf of bcron-sched

Usage

bcron-exec [wrapper]

Overview

bcron-exec reads formatted program execution instructions from standard input and executes the appropriate program. If the execution of the program produces any output, an email is produced and sent to the recipient given in the instructions.

bcron-exec should normally be run by bcron-start in conjunction with bcron-sched.

Environment

TESTMODE

If set, skip doing setuid, dump email to stdout instead of invoking sendmail.

Releases

9 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 4.0–7
  2. 8–13

Author

Bruce Guenter <[email protected]>

From bcron 0.11-23 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.