Kommander crontab is a software tool that provides users with additional capabilities to be used in their applications, either as a standalone application or integrated into other software.
Cron is a daemon for running scheduled programs that run from every minute down to once a year, and any combination you can imagine. You can get more details on this application by checking man:/cron in Konqueror.
The software stores some important information in text files to make things easier for users. When the user opens the tool, it looks to see if it had been previously initialized with key environment variables. It then performs various intelligent techniques to make things super easy for users. If you had some cron jobs in your crontab, they will show up in the dialog of the software. Be sure to add some jobs and save them. Saving creates a copy of the crontab file and writes the file if you did everything correctly, and you are a member of cron.
Environment variables in cron usually serve as shortcuts to writing out the path. They also play a crucial role in this software because if you use environment variables in file addresses, things won't run without them.
The alert.kmdr dialog in Kommander crontab has some exceptional features. It performs various tricks when you pass it some parameters. One feature is that it can delete itself after it pops up. This application has some cool tricks that use the seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC as a unique key. The alert function can also snooze. If you hit the "Postpone" button, it will pop up a section to enter the cron info again, which is quite useful for basic one-shot uses.
Crondataprograms contain more than just alert.kmdr. Users can easily see the environment variables and included help info in the buttons labeled "Program" and "Args." These buttons also allow you to quickly add help text and learn more about the application.
Users will also find a button labeled "Program" and another button labeled "Args" that pops up user help. The session file is included because some things are read out of it. This is how it works: line 0 opens up with info [Tab] 0. This means info is on line 0. Better leave it there. Since things are zero-based, line #6 is actually number 5 starting from zero. Users can delete items safely, just by ensuring that the number after the tab is the correct line.
To use Kommander crontab, you'll need Kommander 1.3.1 and a running cron daemon. It's also important to note that this tool is merely a piece of one application and not a finished program. While it is out-of-the-box ready, users can tweak it to fit their specific needs.
Version 0.1: N/A