From fd982cf8b7cda47743c85dc183dc1b9ed0e85987 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matt Parker Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 10:29:45 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update cron documenation The "name" parameter seems to be rather important as the identifying feature of a cron job. This is an update to the documentation to further emphasize this. --- library/system/cron | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/library/system/cron b/library/system/cron index 29cf374d65b..23bb268b0e5 100644 --- a/library/system/cron +++ b/library/system/cron @@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ description: crontab entries, update, or delete them. - 'The module includes one line with the description of the crontab entry C("#Ansible: ") corresponding to the "name" passed to the module, which is used by future ansible/module calls - to find/check the state.' + to find/check the state. The "name" parameter is therefore quite important: it should be + unique, and changing the "name" value will result in a new cron task being created (or a + different one being removed). In other words, don't change it.' version_added: "0.9" options: name: