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-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/cron/crontab.513
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/cron/crontab.5 b/usr.sbin/cron/crontab.5
index ec73617193c..f9b4446cf87 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/cron/crontab.5
+++ b/usr.sbin/cron/crontab.5
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT
.\" OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: crontab.5,v 1.36 2018/06/13 13:27:37 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: crontab.5,v 1.37 2020/01/06 19:44:09 job Exp $
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: June 13 2018 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: January 6 2020 $
.Dt CRONTAB 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -307,11 +307,16 @@ MAILTO=paul
#
# run five minutes after midnight, every day
5 0 * * * $HOME/bin/daily.job >> $HOME/tmp/out 2>&1
-# run at 2:15pm on the first of every month -- output mailed to paul
-15 14 1 * * $HOME/bin/monthly
+
+# run at 2:15pm on the first of every month -- job output will be sent
+# to paul, but only if $HOME/bin/monthly exits with a non-zero exit code
+15 14 1 * * -n $HOME/bin/monthly
+
# run at 10 pm on weekdays, annoy Joe
0 22 * * 1-5 mail -s "It's 10pm" joe%Joe,%%Where are your kids?%
+
23 0-23/2 * * * echo "run 23 minutes after midn, 2am, 4am ..., everyday"
+
5 4 * * sun echo "run at 5 after 4 every sunday"
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO