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| author | Andrew Tropin <andrew@trop.in> | 2021-09-10 09:26:33 +0300 |
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| committer | Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust@gmail.com> | 2021-09-13 22:41:25 +0300 |
| commit | bac597cc968a4fd6c1bf41cffebf921e8581ca72 (patch) | |
| tree | b991014fa1ca3575bc603af16f09c3ec1fd0e378 /doc | |
| parent | 6b5ff71b993611d413d3c179b3d50115cd87f408 (diff) | |
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home-services: Add Mcron.
* gnu/home-services/mcron.scm: New file.
* gnu/local.mk: Add this.
* doc/guix.texi: Add documentation about Mcron Home Service.
Signed-off-by: Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index e546fcc0d2..419d9429d6 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -16090,9 +16090,9 @@ This is the type of the @code{mcron} service, whose value is an @code{mcron-configuration} object. This service type can be the target of a service extension that provides -it additional job specifications (@pxref{Service Composition}). In -other words, it is possible to define services that provide additional -mcron jobs to run. +additional job specifications (@pxref{Service Composition}). In other +words, it is possible to define services that provide additional mcron +jobs to run. @end defvr @deftp {Data Type} mcron-configuration @@ -35685,7 +35685,38 @@ for example). @cindex mcron @cindex scheduling jobs -mcron info here +The @code{(gnu home-services mcron)} module provides an interface to +GNU@tie{}mcron, a daemon to run jobs at scheduled times (@pxref{Top,,, +mcron, GNU@tie{}mcron}). The information about system's mcron is +applicable here (@pxref{Scheduled Job Execution}), the only difference +for home services is that they have to be declared in a +@code{home-envirnoment} record instead of an @code{operating-system} +record. + +@defvr {Scheme Variable} home-mcron-service-type +This is the type of the @code{mcron} home service, whose value is an +@code{home-mcron-configuration} object. It allows to manage scheduled +tasks. + +This service type can be the target of a service extension that provides +additional job specifications (@pxref{Service Composition}). In other +words, it is possible to define services that provide additional mcron +jobs to run. +@end defvr + +@deftp {Data Type} home-mcron-configuration +Data type representing the configuration of mcron. + +@table @asis +@item @code{mcron} (default: @var{mcron}) +The mcron package to use. + +@item @code{jobs} +This is a list of gexps (@pxref{G-Expressions}), where each gexp +corresponds to an mcron job specification (@pxref{Syntax, mcron job +specifications,, mcron, GNU@tie{}mcron}). +@end table +@end deftp @node Shepherd Home Service @subsection Managing User's Daemons |