NAME

Parse::Crontab - Perl extension to parse Vixie crontab file

SYNOPSIS

    use Parse::Crontab;
    my $crontab = Parse::Crontab->new(file => 'crontab.txt');
    if ($crontab->is_valid) {
        warn $crontab->error_message;
    }
    for my $job ($crontab->jobs) {
        say $job->minute;
        say $job->hour;
        say $job->day;
        say $job->month;
        say $job->day_of_week;
        say $job->command;
    }

DESCRIPTION

This software is for parsing and validating Vixie crontab files.

INTERFACE

Constructor Options

file

crontab file.

verbose

verbose option (Default: 1). If errors/warnings exist, errors/warnings message is dumped immediately when parsing.

has_user_field

for the crontab format having user field (system-width cron files and all that).

Functions

is_valid()

Checking crontab is valid or not.

entries()

returns all entries in crontab

jobs()

returns job entries in crontab

DEPENDENCIES

Perl 5.8.1 or later.

BUGS

All complex software has bugs lurking in it, and this module is no exception. If you find a bug please either email me, or add the bug to cpan-RT.

AUTHOR

Masayuki Matsuki <y.songmu@gmail.com>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2013, Masayuki Matsuki. All rights reserved.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.