CRON_NOW(8)

NAME
cron_now - utility to run cron routines immediately

SYNOPSIS

cron_now

cron_now is a utility to launch cron routines immediately. The source of this command was derived from the source of the command cron, but any sleep commands were stripped out; so, when cron_now is launched, the system behaves quite exactly as one minute is passed for cron.

The cron_now utility may be useful for sysadmins willing to check modifications in a crontab. It is also used for automated tests which are run during the build of cron's package.

SEE ALSO

cron(8), crontab(5)

AUTHOR

Georges Khaznadar <georgesk@debian.org>
    Wrote this manpage for the Debian system.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2023 georgesk

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