The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List:
modid: Config::Crontab
DSLIP: RdpOp
description: OO read/write Vixie-compatible crontab files
userid: SCOTTW (Scott Wiersdorf)
chapterid: 12 (Opt_Arg_Param_Proc)
communities:
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similar:
No related modules (i.e., no other modules parse and write crontab
files, afaik). The three peripherally related modules are
Set::Crontab (works with crontab-style date lists), Schedule::Cron
(replacement for cron(1) in Perl), Schedule::Match (another
crontab-style datetime parser).
rationale:
There don't seem to be any crontab parsers out there; we have a
couple of generic config file parsers, but none dealing specifically
with Vixie-style crontab files.
Config::Crontab will invoke your crontab(1) command to get the
current crontab for this uid and store it in an object. The object
has many methods for changing the cron schedule and command parts of
the crontab entry. You may also work on a separate file:
my $ct = new Config::Crontab( -file => 'mytmpfile' );
which you could load later via crontab(1). This module is
compatible with Vixie cron and subsets (e.g., BSD, SysV style
crontab entry formats).
enteredby: SCOTTW (Scott Wiersdorf)
enteredon: Fri Jul 11 21:10:47 2003 GMT
The resulting entry would be:
Config::
::Crontab RdpOp OO read/write Vixie-compatible crontab files SCOTTW
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