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.TH bcrontab 1
.SH NAME
bcrontab \- Manage users crontab files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B bcrontab
[
.B -u user
]
.I file
.P
.B bcrontab
[
.B -u user
] {
.B -l
|
.B -r
|
.B -e
}
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B bcrontab
interfaces with the
.B bcron-spool
daemon to manage crontab files in the privileged spool directory.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B -u user
Tell
.B bcron-spool
that we are acting on behalf of the named user.
.B bcron-spool
will only accept the username if
.B bcrontab
is running as either root or the same user ID as the named user.
.TP
.B -l
List the cronab crontab to standard output.
.TP
.B -r
Remove the user's crontab.
.TP
.B -e
Edit the current crontab.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP
.B VISUAL
If this is set, it is used as the editor to invoke to edit a crontab.
.TP
.B EDITOR
If
.B $VISUAL
is not set and this is, it is used as the editor to invoke to edit a
crontab.  If neither are set,
.I /bin/vi
is used.
.TP
.B BCRON_SOCKET
The path to the named socket used to communicate with
.BR bcron-spool .
Defaults to
.IR /var/run/bcron-spool .
.TP
.B LOGNAME
.TP
.B USER
These two variables are used, in order, to determine the user name
invoking the program.  One must be set if the
.B -u
option is not used.
.SH FILES
.B bcrontab
tries to writes a temporary file into the current directory, and then
into
.I /tmp
if that fails, in order to edit the current crontab.
.SH SEE ALSO
bcron-spool(8), crontab(5)
.SH AUTHOR
Bruce Guenter <[email protected]>