Cron & compatible

On non-Windows OS, use a crond-compatible scheduler if specified in global/scheduler:

Windows No Longer Supported

Crond support on Windows has been removed due to significant issues in previous versions.

[global]
  scheduler = "crond"

---
global:
    scheduler: crond

"global" = {
  "scheduler" = "crond"
}

{
  "global": {
    "scheduler": "crond"
  }
}

This configuration uses the default crontab tool shipped with crond.

You can specify the location of the crontab tool:

[global]
  scheduler = "crond:/usr/bin/crontab"

---
global:
    scheduler: crond:/usr/bin/crontab

"global" = {
  "scheduler" = "crond:/usr/bin/crontab"
}

{
  "global": {
    "scheduler": "crond:/usr/bin/crontab"
  }
}

Crontab

You can use a crontab file directly instead of the crontab tool:

crontab:*:filepath: Use a crontab file filepath with a user field filled in automatically
crontab:username:filepath: Use a crontab file filepath with a user field always set to username
crontab:-:filepath: Use a crontab file filepath without a user field

[global]
  scheduler = "crontab:*:/etc/cron.d/resticprofile"

---
global:
    scheduler: "crontab:*:/etc/cron.d/resticprofile"

"global" = {
  "scheduler" = "crontab:*:/etc/cron.d/resticprofile"
}

{
  "global": {
    "scheduler": "crontab:*:/etc/cron.d/resticprofile"
  }
}

[global]
  scheduler = "crontab:-:/var/spool/cron/crontabs/username"

---
global:
    scheduler: "crontab:-:/var/spool/cron/crontabs/username"

"global" = {
  "scheduler" = "crontab:-:/var/spool/cron/crontabs/username"
}

{
  "global": {
    "scheduler": "crontab:-:/var/spool/cron/crontabs/username"
  }
}