DH_INSTALLCRON(1)

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version 14.5ubuntu1 · 12 versions
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💖 dh_installcron — the Debhelper girlie that handles your cron scripts 💖

okay so bestie, this is the manual page for dh_installcron from Debhelper (man page section 1, the commands section, iykyk) — and yes, I'm about to make cron scripts sound cute, watch me ✨

✨ NAME ✨

dh_installcron — install cron scripts into etc/cron.*

like. it puts your cron scripts where they belong. that's the whole assignment. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

dh_installcron [debhelper options] [--name=name]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so dh_installcron is a debhelper program, and its one (1) job, its entire main character arc, is being responsible for installing cron scripts. that's it. that's the gig. no notes. 🔥

🦋 FILES 🦋

here's the lineup of files it's looking for, bestie, and what happens to each one 👑

  • debian/package.cron.daily
  • debian/package.cron.weekly
  • debian/package.cron.monthly
  • debian/package.cron.yearly
  • debian/package.cron.hourly
  • debian/package.cron.d

each one gets installed into the appropriate etc/cron.*/ directory inside the package build directory. so like, cron.daily goes to the daily spot, cron.hourly to the hourly spot, etc etc — they get sorted into their vibes 🌈

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • --name=name — this one makes it look for files named debian/package.name.cron.* and install them as etc/cron.*/name, instead of doing the usual thing with the usual files and installing them under the package name. so if you want a custom name instead of the package name? this is her moment. slay 🫶

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

this program is a part of debhelper. fr fr. she's not out here alone, she's part of the whole squad 💜

💫 AUTHOR 💫

Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> — the icon, the legend, the one who wrote her. periodt. 🎀

ok that's the whole page, no cap. go write your debian/package.cron.daily file and make cron your bestie, you're gonna eat 💖

and for the little sign-off moment at the very end: this page is from debhelper version 14.5ubuntu1, dated 2026-09-21, and we've been hanging out in DH_INSTALLCRON(1) the whole time. bye bestie, drink water, run your backups 🦋✨

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