This folder contains crontab files and templates. Crontab define a schedule for automated activities that are executed with the 'crond' scheduler system.
Documentation on the 'crond' scheduler can be found with: man cron
Files here in /p4/common/etc/cron.d should be named like so: crontab.$USER.${HOSTNAME%%.*}
That is, crontab.operating_system_user_id.short_hostname
Sample: crontab.perforce.bos-helix-01
If you are using the 'Tight Ship' style mangement of the Server Deployment Package (SDP), the suggested naming convention above is required.
See docs for the sdp_sync.sh script for more information.
For more information, see the tight ship setup script docs.
Crontab Files
===
This folder contains _crontab_ files and templates. Crontab define a schedule for automated activities that are executed with the 'crond' scheduler system.
Documentation on the 'crond' scheduler can be found with: ```man cron```
File Naming Convention
---
Files here in /p4/common/etc/cron.d should be named like so: ```crontab.$USER.${HOSTNAME%%.*}```
That is, crontab.*operating_system_user_id*.*short_hostname*
Sample: crontab.perforce.bos-helix-01
Versioning
---
If you are using the 'Tight Ship' style mangement of the Server Deployment Package (SDP), the suggested naming convention above is required.
See [docs for the sdp_sync.sh script](https://swarm.workshop.perforce.com/projects/perforce-software-sdp/files/main/doc/sdp_sync.command_summary.txt) for more information.
For more information, see [the tight ship setup script docs](https://swarm.workshop.perforce.com/projects/perforce-software-sdp/files/main/doc/hms_ts_setup.command_summary.txt).
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| #2 | 27761 | C. Thomas Tyler |
Released SDP 2020.1.27759 (2021/05/07). Copy Up using 'p4 copy -r -b perforce_software-sdp-dev'. |
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| #1 | 22685 | Russell C. Jackson (Rusty) | Update main with current changes from dev. | ||
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| #1 | 22622 | C. Thomas Tyler |
Renamed crontab templates files to be template.* rather than *.template. This is an 'optimize for lazy' tweak, since if we use a prefix, then the actual crontab files named of the form crontab.$USER.${HOSTNAME%%.*} won't have command line completion conficts with the templates. Added a ReadMe.md file describing the suggested (and with HMS required) naming convention for crontab files. Added a command summary doc for the sdp_sync.sh script that manages crontab files in a tight ship deployment. The reference to this file from the ReadMe.md file won't work now with this change in the dev branch, but will work once promoted to main. |
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