CRON(1)			 HP-UX 5.0		       CRON(1)

     NAME
	  cron - clock daemon

     SYNOPSIS
	  /etc/cron

     HP-UX MODEL POSITION
	  Large Machine
	  SVID

     DESCRIPTION
	  Cron executes commands at specified dates and times.
	  Regularly scheduled commands can be specified according to
	  instructions found in crontab files; users can submit their
	  own crontab file via the crontab command.  Commands which
	  are to be executed only once may be submitted via the at
	  command.  Since cron never exits, it should only be executed
	  once.	 This is best done by running cron from the
	  initialization process through the file /etc/rc (see
	  init(1)).

	  Cron only examines crontab files and at command files during
	  process initialization and when a file changes.  This
	  reduces the overhead of checking for new or changed files at
	  regularly scheduled intervals.

     FILES
	  /usr/lib/cron main cron directory /usr/lib/cron/log
	  accounting information /usr/spool/cron spool area

     SEE ALSO
	  at(1), crontab(1), sh(1), init(1).

     DIAGNOSTICS
	  A history of all actions taken by cron are recorded in
	  /usr/lib/cron/log.