Metadata-Version: 1.0
Name: chkcrontab
Version: 1.6
Summary: A tool to detect crontab errors
Home-page: http://code.google.com/p/chkcrontab
Author: Kevin Lyda
Author-email: lyda@google.com
License: Apache Software License
Description: ==========
        chkcrontab
        ==========
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        Crontab linter
        ==============
        chkcrontab is a script to check crontab files like those in
        ``/etc/cron.d`` and ``/etc/crontab``.  It tries to catch glaring
        errors and warn on suspect lines in a crontab file.  Some valid
        lines will generate warnings.  Certain silly yet valid crontab lines
        will generate errors as well.
        
        Run this by doing::
        
            chkcrontab crontab_file
        
        Errors will cause a non-zero exit code.  Warnings alone will not.
        
        To see sample output for a bad crontab, run the following::
        
          ./chkcrontab ./tests/test_crontab
        
        See the ``./tests/test_crontab.disable`` crontab for how to disable
        warnings and errors.
        
        Output Description
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        
        The output of ``chkcrontab`` is described on the `CheckCrontab`_
        wiki page. A link to it appears in the output if there were any
        warnings or errors. It also suggests ways to fix the reported
        issues.
        
        Contributions
        =============
        Contributions are welcome! Please add unit tests for new features
        or bug fixes.  To run all the unit tests run ``./setup test``.
        If you have `tox`_ installed, just run ``tox``.
        
        You can review `coverage`_ of added tests by running
        ``coverage run setup.py test`` and then running
        ``coverage report -m``.
        
        Note that tests are run on `Travis`_ for all supported python
        versions whenever the tree on github is pushed to.
        
        The packaged version is available via ``pip`` or ``easy_install``
        as ``chkcrontab``. The project page is on `pypi`_:
        
        The source code is available in the following locations:
        
        * Bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/lyda/chkcrontab/
        * code.google: https://code.google.com/p/chkcrontab/
        * Github: https://github.com/lyda/chkcrontab
        * Gitorious: https://gitorious.org/uu/chkcrontab
        * Sourceforge: https://sourceforge.net/p/chkcrontab
        
        Pull requests on any of those platforms or emailed patches are fine.
        Opening issues on github is easiest, but I'll check any of them.
        
        TODO
        ====
        * Look for duplicate entries. Puppet sometimes loads up crontabs
          with dups.
        * Check for backticks. (why?)
        * Make sure MAILTO and PATH are set (perhaps others?).
        * Add tests for command line.
        * Enable it to parse user crontabs: https://code.google.com/p/chkcrontab/issues/detail?id=2
        * Make "acceptable filenames" a configurable thing: https://github.com/lyda/chkcrontab/issues/4
        
        Credits
        =======
        - `Kevin Lyda`_: Who got burned one too many times by broken crontabs.
        
        .. _`tox`: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/tox
        .. _`coverage`: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/coverage
        .. _`Travis`: https://travis-ci.org/lyda/chkcrontab
        .. _`Kevin Lyda`: https://github.com/lyda
        .. _`CheckCrontab`: http://goo.gl/7XS9q
        .. _`pypi`: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/chkcrontab
        
Keywords: check lint crontab
Platform: POSIX
Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
Classifier: Environment :: Console
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
Classifier: Operating System :: POSIX
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Topic :: Utilities
