mcrontab(1)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to mcrontab(1) from the General Commands Manual — this is the util to manage the user mcron crontab. That’s the name and the mission, periodt 💅.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

mcrontab [-helr] [-f <file>]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

mcrontab is the utility to edit, replace, remove, or replace a user mcron crontab. Yes, the original says “replace” twice — we are keeping that energy, no cap 😭.

You must belong to the "mcron" group. Also: you have to give an option. Only the first option is used — the others are not invited to the group chat, fr fr.

The new crontab content will be used by the daemon after the current minute. Example: if mcrontab finishes at 14:23, the new crontab will be used right after 14:24. That’s the timing vibe check ⏰✨.

🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

• -e — Edit the crontab using the EDITOR environment variable. Abort if the EDITOR exit abnormally. So if your editor goes full chaos mode and exits abnormally, this aborts — no cap.
• -l — List the current crontab content. It’s giving show-and-tell for your crontab 👀.
• -r — Drop the current crontab. Bye bestie, the crontab is gone 💀.
• -f <file|-> — Replace the current crontab with the given file. Use - as the file to read from standard input. Yes, - is the little main-character shortcut for stdin 🫶.
• -h — Print the usage. When you need the manual’s manual, this is it ✨.

mwah 💋 — this page is mcrontab(1) from the General Commands Manual, dated 2026-02-19, slaying exactly as written 💖✨