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	.\" *			.\" *
	.\" * Send bug reports, bug fixes, enhancements, requests, flames, etc., and			.\" * Send bug reports, bug fixes, enhancements, requests, flames, etc., and
	.\" * I'll try to keep a version up to date. I can be reached as follows:			.\" * I'll try to keep a version up to date. I can be reached as follows:
	.\" * Paul Vixie <paul@vix.com> uunet!decwrl!vixie!paul			.\" * Paul Vixie <paul@vix.com> uunet!decwrl!vixie!paul
	.\" */			.\" */
	.\"			.\"
	.\" $FreeBSD$			.\" $FreeBSD$
	.\"			.\"
	.Dd August 21, 2016			.Dd Octobre 31, 2016
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	.Dt CRON 8			.Dt CRON 8
	.Os			.Os
	.Sh NAME			.Sh NAME
	.Nm cron			.Nm cron
	.Nd daemon to execute scheduled commands (Vixie Cron)			.Nd daemon to execute scheduled commands (Vixie Cron)
	.Sh SYNOPSIS			.Sh SYNOPSIS
	.Nm			.Nm
	.Op Fl j Ar jitter			.Op Fl j Ar jitter
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	.Pa /var/cron/tabs			.Pa /var/cron/tabs
	for crontab files which are named after accounts in			for crontab files which are named after accounts in
	.Pa /etc/passwd ;			.Pa /etc/passwd ;
	crontabs found are loaded into memory.			crontabs found are loaded into memory.
	The			The
	.Nm			.Nm
	utility also searches for			utility also searches for
	.Pa /etc/crontab			.Pa /etc/crontab
	which is in a different format (see			and files in
				.Pa /etc/cron.d
				and
				.Pa /usr/local/etc/cron.d
				which are in a different format (see
	.Xr crontab 5 ) .			.Xr crontab 5 ) .
	.Pp			.Pp
	The			The
	.Nm			.Nm
	utility			utility
	then wakes up every minute, examining all stored crontabs, checking each			then wakes up every minute, examining all stored crontabs, checking each
	command to see if it should be run in the current minute.			command to see if it should be run in the current minute.
	Before running a command from a per-account crontab file,			Before running a command from a per-account crontab file,
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