--- crontab.5.orig 2004-02-19 20:40:04.954132624 +0000 +++ crontab.5 2004-02-19 20:45:27.033169168 +0000 @@ -153,6 +153,32 @@ ``30 4 1,15 * 5'' would cause a command to be run at 4:30 am on the 1st and 15th of each month, plus every Friday. +.PP +Instead of the first five fields, one of eight special strings may +appear: +.IP +.ta 1.5i +string meaning +.br +------ ------- +.br +@reboot Run once, at startup. +.br +@yearly Run once a year, "0 0 1 1 *". +.br +@annually (same as @yearly) +.br +@monthly Run once a month, "0 0 1 * *". +.br +@weekly Run once a week, "0 0 * * 0". +.br +@daily Run once a day, "0 0 * * *". +.br +@midnight (same as @daily) +.br +@hourly Run once an hour, "0 * * * *". +.br +.fi .SH EXAMPLE CRON FILE .nf