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Diffstat (limited to 'config/cron/cron_edit.php')
| -rw-r--r-- | config/cron/cron_edit.php | 66 |
1 files changed, 45 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/config/cron/cron_edit.php b/config/cron/cron_edit.php index b89c28e0..58389284 100644 --- a/config/cron/cron_edit.php +++ b/config/cron/cron_edit.php @@ -128,45 +128,57 @@ function show_advanced_config() { <form action="cron_edit.php" method="post" name="iform" id="iform"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" summary="form"> <tr> - <td width="25%" valign="top" class="vncellreq">minute</td> - <td width="75%" class="vtable"> - <input name="minute" type="text" class="formfld" id="minute" size="40" value="<?=htmlspecialchars($pconfig['minute']);?>" /> + <td width="10%" valign="top" class="vncellreq">Minute</td> + <td width="90%" class="vtable"> + <input name="minute" type="text" class="formfld" id="minute" size="40" value="<?=htmlspecialchars($pconfig['minute']);?>" /><br/> + The minute(s) at which the command will be executed.<br/> + (0-59, ranges, or divided, *=all) </td> </tr> <tr> - <td width="25%" valign="top" class="vncellreq">hour</td> - <td width="75%" class="vtable"> - <input name="hour" type="text" class="formfld" id="hour" size="40" value="<?=htmlspecialchars($pconfig['hour']);?>" /> + <td width="10%" valign="top" class="vncellreq">Hour</td> + <td width="90%" class="vtable"> + <input name="hour" type="text" class="formfld" id="hour" size="40" value="<?=htmlspecialchars($pconfig['hour']);?>" /><br/> + The day(s) of the month on which the command will be executed.<br/> + (1-31, ranges, or divided, *=all) </td> </tr> <tr> - <td width="25%" valign="top" class="vncellreq">mday</td> - <td width="75%" class="vtable"> - <input name="mday" type="text" class="formfld" id="mday" size="40" value="<?=htmlspecialchars($pconfig['mday']);?>" /> + <td width="10%" valign="top" class="vncellreq">Day of the Month</td> + <td width="90%" class="vtable"> + <input name="mday" type="text" class="formfld" id="mday" size="40" value="<?=htmlspecialchars($pconfig['mday']);?>" /><br/> + The day(s) of the month on which the command will be executed.<br/> + (1-31, ranges, or divided, *=all) </td> </tr> <tr> - <td width="25%" valign="top" class="vncellreq">month</td> - <td width="75%" class="vtable"> - <input name="month" type="text" class="formfld" id="month" size="40" value="<?=htmlspecialchars($pconfig['month']);?>" /> + <td width="10%" valign="top" class="vncellreq">Month of the Year</td> + <td width="90%" class="vtable"> + <input name="month" type="text" class="formfld" id="month" size="40" value="<?=htmlspecialchars($pconfig['month']);?>" /><br/> + The month(s) of the year during which the command will be executed.<br/> + (1-12, ranges, or divided, *=all) </td> </tr> <tr> - <td width="25%" valign="top" class="vncellreq">wday</td> - <td width="75%" class="vtable"> - <input name="wday" type="text" class="formfld" id="wday" size="40" value="<?=htmlspecialchars($pconfig['wday']);?>" /> + <td width="10%" valign="top" class="vncellreq">Day of the Week</td> + <td width="90%" class="vtable"> + <input name="wday" type="text" class="formfld" id="wday" size="40" value="<?=htmlspecialchars($pconfig['wday']);?>" /><br/> + The day(s) of the week on which the command will be executed.<br/> + (0-7, 7=Sun or use names, ranges, or divided, *=all) </td> </tr> <tr> - <td width="25%" valign="top" class="vncellreq">who</td> - <td width="75%" class="vtable"> - <input name="who" type="text" class="formfld" id="who" size="40" value="<?=htmlspecialchars($pconfig['who']);?>" /> + <td width="10%" valign="top" class="vncellreq">User</td> + <td width="90%" class="vtable"> + <input name="who" type="text" class="formfld" id="who" size="40" value="<?=htmlspecialchars($pconfig['who']);?>" /><br/> + The user executing the command (typically "root") </td> </tr> <tr> - <td width="25%" valign="top" class="vncellreq">command</td> - <td width="75%" class="vtable"> - <textarea rows="3" cols="68" name="command" id="command"><?=htmlspecialchars($pconfig['command']);?></textarea> + <td width="10%" valign="top" class="vncellreq">Command</td> + <td width="90%" class="vtable"> + <textarea rows="3" cols="68" name="command" id="command"><?=htmlspecialchars($pconfig['command']);?></textarea><br/> + The <strong>full path</strong> to the command, plus parameters. </td> </tr> <tr> @@ -178,6 +190,18 @@ function show_advanced_config() { <?php endif; ?> </td> </tr> + <tr class="listtopic"> + <td colspan="2">Help</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="2"> + 'Using "*" for a time entry means "all" or "every", and is the same as a range from first to last. + <br/>Ranges may also be used, for example "1-5" in the "Day of Week" field means Monday through Friday. + <br/>Time entries may be divided and will be executed when they divide evenly, for example "*/15" in the Minute field means "Every 15 minutes". + <br/><br/>For more information see: <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/configtuning-cron.html">FreeBSD Handbook - Configuring cron(8)</a> + and <a href="https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=crontab&sektion=5">crontab(5) man page</a>. + </td> + </tr> </table> </form> <br /> |