Bump to version 1.22.1
[platform/upstream/busybox.git] / miscutils / crond.c
index e48abf9..582dc99 100644 (file)
@@ -8,69 +8,77 @@
  * (version 2.3.2)
  * Vladimir Oleynik <dzo@simtreas.ru> (C) 2002
  *
- * Licensed under the GPL v2 or later, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this source tree.
  */
 
+//usage:#define crond_trivial_usage
+//usage:       "-fbS -l N " IF_FEATURE_CROND_D("-d N ") "-L LOGFILE -c DIR"
+//usage:#define crond_full_usage "\n\n"
+//usage:       "       -f      Foreground"
+//usage:     "\n       -b      Background (default)"
+//usage:     "\n       -S      Log to syslog (default)"
+//usage:     "\n       -l      Set log level. 0 is the most verbose, default 8"
+//usage:       IF_FEATURE_CROND_D(
+//usage:     "\n       -d      Set log level, log to stderr"
+//usage:       )
+//usage:     "\n       -L      Log to file"
+//usage:     "\n       -c      Working dir"
+
 #include "libbb.h"
 #include <syslog.h>
 
 /* glibc frees previous setenv'ed value when we do next setenv()
  * of the same variable. uclibc does not do this! */
 #if (defined(__GLIBC__) && !defined(__UCLIBC__)) /* || OTHER_SAFE_LIBC... */
-#define SETENV_LEAKS 0
+# define SETENV_LEAKS 0
 #else
-#define SETENV_LEAKS 1
+# define SETENV_LEAKS 1
 #endif
 
 
-#ifndef CRONTABS
-#define CRONTABS        "/var/spool/cron/crontabs"
-#endif
-#ifndef TMPDIR
-#define TMPDIR          "/var/spool/cron"
-#endif
+#define TMPDIR          CONFIG_FEATURE_CROND_DIR
+#define CRONTABS        CONFIG_FEATURE_CROND_DIR "/crontabs"
 #ifndef SENDMAIL
-#define SENDMAIL        "sendmail"
+# define SENDMAIL       "sendmail"
 #endif
 #ifndef SENDMAIL_ARGS
-#define SENDMAIL_ARGS   "-ti", "oem"
+# define SENDMAIL_ARGS  "-ti"
 #endif
 #ifndef CRONUPDATE
-#define CRONUPDATE      "cron.update"
+# define CRONUPDATE     "cron.update"
 #endif
 #ifndef MAXLINES
-#define MAXLINES        256    /* max lines in non-root crontabs */
+# define MAXLINES       256  /* max lines in non-root crontabs */
 #endif
 
 
 typedef struct CronFile {
-       struct CronFile *cf_Next;
-       struct CronLine *cf_LineBase;
-       char *cf_User;                  /* username                     */
-       smallint cf_Ready;              /* bool: one or more jobs ready */
-       smallint cf_Running;            /* bool: one or more jobs running */
-       smallint cf_Deleted;            /* marked for deletion, ignore  */
+       struct CronFile *cf_next;
+       struct CronLine *cf_lines;
+       char *cf_username;
+       smallint cf_wants_starting;     /* bool: one or more jobs ready */
+       smallint cf_has_running;        /* bool: one or more jobs running */
+       smallint cf_deleted;            /* marked for deletion (but still has running jobs) */
 } CronFile;
 
 typedef struct CronLine {
-       struct CronLine *cl_Next;
-       char *cl_Shell;         /* shell command                        */
-       pid_t cl_Pid;           /* running pid, 0, or armed (-1)        */
+       struct CronLine *cl_next;
+       char *cl_cmd;                   /* shell command */
+       pid_t cl_pid;                   /* >0:running, <0:needs to be started in this minute, 0:dormant */
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_CROND_CALL_SENDMAIL
-       int cl_MailPos;         /* 'empty file' size                    */
-       smallint cl_MailFlag;   /* running pid is for mail              */
-       char *cl_MailTo;        /* whom to mail results                 */
+       int cl_empty_mail_size;         /* size of mail header only, 0 if no mailfile */
+       char *cl_mailto;                /* whom to mail results, may be NULL */
 #endif
        /* ordered by size, not in natural order. makes code smaller: */
-       char cl_Dow[7];         /* 0-6, beginning sunday                */
-       char cl_Mons[12];       /* 0-11                                 */
-       char cl_Hrs[24];        /* 0-23                                 */
-       char cl_Days[32];       /* 1-31                                 */
-       char cl_Mins[60];       /* 0-59                                 */
+       char cl_Dow[7];                 /* 0-6, beginning sunday */
+       char cl_Mons[12];               /* 0-11 */
+       char cl_Hrs[24];                /* 0-23 */
+       char cl_Days[32];               /* 1-31 */
+       char cl_Mins[60];               /* 0-59 */
 } CronLine;
 
 
-#define DaemonUid 0
+#define DAEMON_UID 0
 
 
 enum {
@@ -80,220 +88,74 @@ enum {
        OPT_b = (1 << 3),
        OPT_S = (1 << 4),
        OPT_c = (1 << 5),
-       OPT_d = (1 << 6) * ENABLE_DEBUG_CROND_OPTION,
+       OPT_d = (1 << 6) * ENABLE_FEATURE_CROND_D,
 };
-#if ENABLE_DEBUG_CROND_OPTION
-#define DebugOpt (option_mask32 & OPT_d)
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_CROND_D
+# define DebugOpt (option_mask32 & OPT_d)
 #else
-#define DebugOpt 0
+# define DebugOpt 0
 #endif
 
 
 struct globals {
-       unsigned LogLevel; /* = 8; */
-       const char *LogFile;
-       const char *CDir; /* = CRONTABS; */
-       CronFile *FileBase;
+       unsigned log_level; /* = 8; */
+       time_t crontab_dir_mtime;
+       const char *log_filename;
+       const char *crontab_dir_name; /* = CRONTABS; */
+       CronFile *cron_files;
 #if SETENV_LEAKS
        char *env_var_user;
        char *env_var_home;
 #endif
-};
+} FIX_ALIASING;
 #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
-#define LogLevel           (G.LogLevel               )
-#define LogFile            (G.LogFile                )
-#define CDir               (G.CDir                   )
-#define FileBase           (G.FileBase               )
-#define env_var_user       (G.env_var_user           )
-#define env_var_home       (G.env_var_home           )
 #define INIT_G() do { \
-       LogLevel = 8; \
-       CDir = CRONTABS; \
+       G.log_level = 8; \
+       G.crontab_dir_name = CRONTABS; \
 } while (0)
 
 
-static void CheckUpdates(void);
-static void SynchronizeDir(void);
-static int TestJobs(time_t t1, time_t t2);
-static void RunJobs(void);
-static int CheckJobs(void);
-static void RunJob(const char *user, CronLine *line);
-#if ENABLE_FEATURE_CROND_CALL_SENDMAIL
-static void EndJob(const char *user, CronLine *line);
-#else
-#define EndJob(user, line)  ((line)->cl_Pid = 0)
-#endif
-static void DeleteFile(const char *userName);
-
-
+/* 0 is the most verbose, default 8 */
 #define LVL5  "\x05"
 #define LVL7  "\x07"
 #define LVL8  "\x08"
-#define LVL9  "\x09"
 #define WARN9 "\x49"
 #define DIE9  "\xc9"
 /* level >= 20 is "error" */
 #define ERR20 "\x14"
 
+static void crondlog(const char *ctl, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
 static void crondlog(const char *ctl, ...)
 {
        va_list va;
        int level = (ctl[0] & 0x1f);
 
        va_start(va, ctl);
-       if (level >= (int)LogLevel) {
+       if (level >= (int)G.log_level) {
                /* Debug mode: all to (non-redirected) stderr, */
                /* Syslog mode: all to syslog (logmode = LOGMODE_SYSLOG), */
-               if (!DebugOpt && LogFile) {
+               if (!DebugOpt && G.log_filename) {
                        /* Otherwise (log to file): we reopen log file at every write: */
-                       int logfd = open3_or_warn(LogFile, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_APPEND, 0600);
+                       int logfd = open_or_warn(G.log_filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_APPEND);
                        if (logfd >= 0)
                                xmove_fd(logfd, STDERR_FILENO);
                }
-// TODO: ERR -> error, WARN -> warning, LVL -> info
-               bb_verror_msg(ctl + 1, va, /* strerr: */ NULL);
+               /* When we log to syslog, level > 8 is logged at LOG_ERR
+                * syslog level, level <= 8 is logged at LOG_INFO. */
+               if (level > 8) {
+                       bb_verror_msg(ctl + 1, va, /* strerr: */ NULL);
+               } else {
+                       char *msg = NULL;
+                       vasprintf(&msg, ctl + 1, va);
+                       bb_info_msg("%s: %s", applet_name, msg);
+                       free(msg);
+               }
        }
        va_end(va);
        if (ctl[0] & 0x80)
                exit(20);
 }
 
-int crond_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int crond_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
-{
-       unsigned opt;
-
-       INIT_G();
-
-       /* "-b after -f is ignored", and so on for every pair a-b */
-       opt_complementary = "f-b:b-f:S-L:L-S" USE_DEBUG_CROND_OPTION(":d-l")
-                       ":l+:d+"; /* -l and -d have numeric param */
-       opt = getopt32(argv, "l:L:fbSc:" USE_DEBUG_CROND_OPTION("d:"),
-                       &LogLevel, &LogFile, &CDir
-                       USE_DEBUG_CROND_OPTION(,&LogLevel));
-       /* both -d N and -l N set the same variable: LogLevel */
-
-       if (!(opt & OPT_f)) {
-               /* close stdin, stdout, stderr.
-                * close unused descriptors - don't need them. */
-               bb_daemonize_or_rexec(DAEMON_CLOSE_EXTRA_FDS, argv);
-       }
-
-       if (!DebugOpt && LogFile == NULL) {
-               /* logging to syslog */
-               openlog(applet_name, LOG_CONS | LOG_PID, LOG_CRON);
-               logmode = LOGMODE_SYSLOG;
-       }
-
-       xchdir(CDir);
-       //signal(SIGHUP, SIG_IGN); /* ? original crond dies on HUP... */
-       setenv("SHELL", DEFAULT_SHELL, 1); /* once, for all future children */
-       crondlog(LVL9 "crond (busybox "BB_VER") started, log level %d", LogLevel);
-       SynchronizeDir();
-
-       /* main loop - synchronize to 1 second after the minute, minimum sleep
-        * of 1 second. */
-       {
-               time_t t1 = time(NULL);
-               time_t t2;
-               long dt;
-               int rescan = 60;
-               int sleep_time = 60;
-
-               write_pidfile("/var/run/crond.pid");
-               for (;;) {
-                       sleep((sleep_time + 1) - (time(NULL) % sleep_time));
-
-                       t2 = time(NULL);
-                       dt = (long)t2 - (long)t1;
-
-                       /*
-                        * The file 'cron.update' is checked to determine new cron
-                        * jobs.  The directory is rescanned once an hour to deal
-                        * with any screwups.
-                        *
-                        * check for disparity.  Disparities over an hour either way
-                        * result in resynchronization.  A reverse-indexed disparity
-                        * less then an hour causes us to effectively sleep until we
-                        * match the original time (i.e. no re-execution of jobs that
-                        * have just been run).  A forward-indexed disparity less then
-                        * an hour causes intermediate jobs to be run, but only once
-                        * in the worst case.
-                        *
-                        * when running jobs, the inequality used is greater but not
-                        * equal to t1, and less then or equal to t2.
-                        */
-                       if (--rescan == 0) {
-                               rescan = 60;
-                               SynchronizeDir();
-                       }
-                       CheckUpdates();
-                       if (DebugOpt)
-                               crondlog(LVL5 "wakeup dt=%ld", dt);
-                       if (dt < -60 * 60 || dt > 60 * 60) {
-                               crondlog(WARN9 "time disparity of %d minutes detected", dt / 60);
-                       } else if (dt > 0) {
-                               TestJobs(t1, t2);
-                               RunJobs();
-                               sleep(5);
-                               if (CheckJobs() > 0) {
-                                       sleep_time = 10;
-                               } else {
-                                       sleep_time = 60;
-                               }
-                       }
-                       t1 = t2;
-               }
-       }
-       return 0; /* not reached */
-}
-
-#if SETENV_LEAKS
-/* We set environment *before* vfork (because we want to use vfork),
- * so we cannot use setenv() - repeated calls to setenv() may leak memory!
- * Using putenv(), and freeing memory after unsetenv() won't leak */
-static void safe_setenv4(char **pvar_val, const char *var, const char *val /*, int len*/)
-{
-       const int len = 4; /* both var names are 4 char long */
-       char *var_val = *pvar_val;
-
-       if (var_val) {
-               var_val[len] = '\0'; /* nuke '=' */
-               unsetenv(var_val);
-               free(var_val);
-       }
-       *pvar_val = xasprintf("%s=%s", var, val);
-       putenv(*pvar_val);
-}
-#endif
-
-static void SetEnv(struct passwd *pas)
-{
-#if SETENV_LEAKS
-       safe_setenv4(&env_var_user, "USER", pas->pw_name);
-       safe_setenv4(&env_var_home, "HOME", pas->pw_dir);
-       /* if we want to set user's shell instead: */
-       /*safe_setenv(env_var_user, "SHELL", pas->pw_shell, 5);*/
-#else
-       setenv("USER", pas->pw_name, 1);
-       setenv("HOME", pas->pw_dir, 1);
-#endif
-       /* currently, we use constant one: */
-       /*setenv("SHELL", DEFAULT_SHELL, 1); - done earlier */
-}
-
-static void ChangeUser(struct passwd *pas)
-{
-       /* careful: we're after vfork! */
-       change_identity(pas); /* - initgroups, setgid, setuid */
-       if (chdir(pas->pw_dir) < 0) {
-               crondlog(LVL9 "can't chdir(%s)", pas->pw_dir);
-               if (chdir(TMPDIR) < 0) {
-                       crondlog(DIE9 "can't chdir(%s)", TMPDIR); /* exits */
-               }
-       }
-}
-
 static const char DowAry[] ALIGN1 =
        "sun""mon""tue""wed""thu""fri""sat"
        /* "Sun""Mon""Tue""Wed""Thu""Fri""Sat" */
@@ -304,7 +166,7 @@ static const char MonAry[] ALIGN1 =
        /* "Jan""Feb""Mar""Apr""May""Jun""Jul""Aug""Sep""Oct""Nov""Dec" */
 ;
 
-static char *ParseField(char *user, char *ary, int modvalue, int off,
+static void ParseField(char *user, char *ary, int modvalue, int off,
                                const char *names, char *ptr)
 /* 'names' is a pointer to a set of 3-char abbreviations */
 {
@@ -312,25 +174,27 @@ static char *ParseField(char *user, char *ary, int modvalue, int off,
        int n1 = -1;
        int n2 = -1;
 
-       if (base == NULL) {
-               return NULL;
-       }
+       // this can't happen due to config_read()
+       /*if (base == NULL)
+               return;*/
 
-       while (!isspace(*ptr)) {
+       while (1) {
                int skip = 0;
 
                /* Handle numeric digit or symbol or '*' */
                if (*ptr == '*') {
-                       n1 = 0;         /* everything will be filled */
+                       n1 = 0;  /* everything will be filled */
                        n2 = modvalue - 1;
                        skip = 1;
                        ++ptr;
                } else if (isdigit(*ptr)) {
+                       char *endp;
                        if (n1 < 0) {
-                               n1 = strtol(ptr, &ptr, 10) + off;
+                               n1 = strtol(ptr, &endp, 10) + off;
                        } else {
-                               n2 = strtol(ptr, &ptr, 10) + off;
+                               n2 = strtol(ptr, &endp, 10) + off;
                        }
+                       ptr = endp; /* gcc likes temp var for &endp */
                        skip = 1;
                } else if (names) {
                        int i;
@@ -352,8 +216,7 @@ static char *ParseField(char *user, char *ary, int modvalue, int off,
 
                /* handle optional range '-' */
                if (skip == 0) {
-                       crondlog(WARN9 "user %s: parse error at %s", user, base);
-                       return NULL;
+                       goto err;
                }
                if (*ptr == '-' && n2 < 0) {
                        ++ptr;
@@ -368,7 +231,9 @@ static char *ParseField(char *user, char *ary, int modvalue, int off,
                        n2 = n1;
                }
                if (*ptr == '/') {
-                       skip = strtol(ptr + 1, &ptr, 10);
+                       char *endp;
+                       skip = strtol(ptr + 1, &endp, 10);
+                       ptr = endp; /* gcc likes temp var for &endp */
                }
 
                /*
@@ -388,11 +253,9 @@ static char *ParseField(char *user, char *ary, int modvalue, int off,
                                        s0 = skip;
                                }
                                if (--failsafe == 0) {
-                                       crondlog(WARN9 "user %s: parse error at %s", user, base);
-                                       return NULL;
+                                       goto err;
                                }
                        } while (n1 != n2);
-
                }
                if (*ptr != ',') {
                        break;
@@ -402,19 +265,19 @@ static char *ParseField(char *user, char *ary, int modvalue, int off,
                n2 = -1;
        }
 
-       if (!isspace(*ptr)) {
+       if (*ptr) {
+ err:
                crondlog(WARN9 "user %s: parse error at %s", user, base);
-               return NULL;
+               return;
        }
 
-       if (DebugOpt && (LogLevel <= 5)) { /* like LVL5 */
+       if (DebugOpt && (G.log_level <= 5)) { /* like LVL5 */
                /* can't use crondlog, it inserts '\n' */
                int i;
                for (i = 0; i < modvalue; ++i)
                        fprintf(stderr, "%d", (unsigned char)ary[i]);
-               fputc('\n', stderr);
+               bb_putchar_stderr('\n');
        }
-       return skip_whitespace(ptr);
 }
 
 static void FixDayDow(CronLine *line)
@@ -443,72 +306,120 @@ static void FixDayDow(CronLine *line)
        }
 }
 
-static void SynchronizeFile(const char *fileName)
+/*
+ * delete_cronfile() - delete user database
+ *
+ * Note: multiple entries for same user may exist if we were unable to
+ * completely delete a database due to running processes.
+ */
+//FIXME: we will start a new job even if the old job is running
+//if crontab was reloaded: crond thinks that "new" job is different from "old"
+//even if they are in fact completely the same. Example
+//Crontab was:
+// 0-59 * * * * job1
+// 0-59 * * * * long_running_job2
+//User edits crontab to:
+// 0-59 * * * * job1_updated
+// 0-59 * * * * long_running_job2
+//Bug: crond can now start another long_running_job2 even if old one
+//is still running.
+//OTOH most other versions of cron do not wait for job termination anyway,
+//they end up with multiple copies of jobs if they don't terminate soon enough.
+static void delete_cronfile(const char *userName)
 {
-       FILE *fi;
+       CronFile **pfile = &G.cron_files;
+       CronFile *file;
+
+       while ((file = *pfile) != NULL) {
+               if (strcmp(userName, file->cf_username) == 0) {
+                       CronLine **pline = &file->cf_lines;
+                       CronLine *line;
+
+                       file->cf_has_running = 0;
+                       file->cf_deleted = 1;
+
+                       while ((line = *pline) != NULL) {
+                               if (line->cl_pid > 0) {
+                                       file->cf_has_running = 1;
+                                       pline = &line->cl_next;
+                               } else {
+                                       *pline = line->cl_next;
+                                       free(line->cl_cmd);
+                                       free(line);
+                               }
+                       }
+                       if (file->cf_has_running == 0) {
+                               *pfile = file->cf_next;
+                               free(file->cf_username);
+                               free(file);
+                               continue;
+                       }
+               }
+               pfile = &file->cf_next;
+       }
+}
+
+static void load_crontab(const char *fileName)
+{
+       struct parser_t *parser;
        struct stat sbuf;
-       int maxEntries;
        int maxLines;
-       char buf[1024];
+       char *tokens[6];
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_CROND_CALL_SENDMAIL
        char *mailTo = NULL;
 #endif
 
-       if (!fileName)
+       delete_cronfile(fileName);
+
+       if (!getpwnam(fileName)) {
+               crondlog(LVL7 "ignoring file '%s' (no such user)", fileName);
                return;
+       }
 
-       DeleteFile(fileName);
-       fi = fopen(fileName, "r");
-       if (!fi)
+       parser = config_open(fileName);
+       if (!parser)
                return;
 
-       maxEntries = MAXLINES;
-       if (strcmp(fileName, "root") == 0) {
-               maxEntries = 65535;
-       }
-       maxLines = maxEntries * 10;
+       maxLines = (strcmp(fileName, "root") == 0) ? 65535 : MAXLINES;
 
-       if (fstat(fileno(fi), &sbuf) == 0 && sbuf.st_uid == DaemonUid) {
+       if (fstat(fileno(parser->fp), &sbuf) == 0 && sbuf.st_uid == DAEMON_UID) {
                CronFile *file = xzalloc(sizeof(CronFile));
                CronLine **pline;
+               int n;
 
-               file->cf_User = xstrdup(fileName);
-               pline = &file->cf_LineBase;
+               file->cf_username = xstrdup(fileName);
+               pline = &file->cf_lines;
 
-               while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fi) != NULL && --maxLines) {
+               while (1) {
                        CronLine *line;
-                       char *ptr;
 
-                       trim(buf);
-                       if (buf[0] == '\0' || buf[0] == '#') {
-                               continue;
-                       }
-                       if (--maxEntries == 0) {
+                       if (!--maxLines)
                                break;
-                       }
-                       if (DebugOpt) {
-                               crondlog(LVL5 "user:%s entry:%s", fileName, buf);
-                       }
+                       n = config_read(parser, tokens, 6, 1, "# \t", PARSE_NORMAL | PARSE_KEEP_COPY);
+                       if (!n)
+                               break;
+
+                       if (DebugOpt)
+                               crondlog(LVL5 "user:%s entry:%s", fileName, parser->data);
+
                        /* check if line is setting MAILTO= */
-                       if (0 == strncmp("MAILTO=", buf, 7)) {
+                       if (0 == strncmp(tokens[0], "MAILTO=", 7)) {
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_CROND_CALL_SENDMAIL
                                free(mailTo);
-                               mailTo = (buf[7]) ? xstrdup(buf+7) : NULL;
+                               mailTo = (tokens[0][7]) ? xstrdup(&tokens[0][7]) : NULL;
 #endif /* otherwise just ignore such lines */
                                continue;
                        }
-                       *pline = line = xzalloc(sizeof(CronLine));
-                       /* parse date ranges */
-                       ptr = ParseField(file->cf_User, line->cl_Mins, 60, 0, NULL, buf);
-                       ptr = ParseField(file->cf_User, line->cl_Hrs, 24, 0, NULL, ptr);
-                       ptr = ParseField(file->cf_User, line->cl_Days, 32, 0, NULL, ptr);
-                       ptr = ParseField(file->cf_User, line->cl_Mons, 12, -1, MonAry, ptr);
-                       ptr = ParseField(file->cf_User, line->cl_Dow, 7, 0, DowAry, ptr);
-                       /* check failure */
-                       if (ptr == NULL) {
-                               free(line);
+                       /* check if a minimum of tokens is specified */
+                       if (n < 6)
                                continue;
-                       }
+                       *pline = line = xzalloc(sizeof(*line));
+                       /* parse date ranges */
+                       ParseField(file->cf_username, line->cl_Mins, 60, 0, NULL, tokens[0]);
+                       ParseField(file->cf_username, line->cl_Hrs, 24, 0, NULL, tokens[1]);
+                       ParseField(file->cf_username, line->cl_Days, 32, 0, NULL, tokens[2]);
+                       ParseField(file->cf_username, line->cl_Mons, 12, -1, MonAry, tokens[3]);
+                       ParseField(file->cf_username, line->cl_Dow, 7, 0, DowAry, tokens[4]);
                        /*
                         * fix days and dow - if one is not "*" and the other
                         * is "*", the other is set to 0, and vise-versa
@@ -516,304 +427,172 @@ static void SynchronizeFile(const char *fileName)
                        FixDayDow(line);
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_CROND_CALL_SENDMAIL
                        /* copy mailto (can be NULL) */
-                       line->cl_MailTo = xstrdup(mailTo);
+                       line->cl_mailto = xstrdup(mailTo);
 #endif
                        /* copy command */
-                       line->cl_Shell = xstrdup(ptr);
+                       line->cl_cmd = xstrdup(tokens[5]);
                        if (DebugOpt) {
-                               crondlog(LVL5 " command:%s", ptr);
+                               crondlog(LVL5 " command:%s", tokens[5]);
                        }
-                       pline = &line->cl_Next;
+                       pline = &line->cl_next;
+//bb_error_msg("M[%s]F[%s][%s][%s][%s][%s][%s]", mailTo, tokens[0], tokens[1], tokens[2], tokens[3], tokens[4], tokens[5]);
                }
                *pline = NULL;
 
-               file->cf_Next = FileBase;
-               FileBase = file;
+               file->cf_next = G.cron_files;
+               G.cron_files = file;
 
-               if (maxLines == 0 || maxEntries == 0) {
+               if (maxLines == 0) {
                        crondlog(WARN9 "user %s: too many lines", fileName);
                }
        }
-       fclose(fi);
+       config_close(parser);
 }
 
-static void CheckUpdates(void)
+static void process_cron_update_file(void)
 {
        FILE *fi;
        char buf[256];
 
-       fi = fopen(CRONUPDATE, "r");
+       fi = fopen_for_read(CRONUPDATE);
        if (fi != NULL) {
                unlink(CRONUPDATE);
                while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fi) != NULL) {
                        /* use first word only */
-                       SynchronizeFile(strtok(buf, " \t\r\n"));
+                       skip_non_whitespace(buf)[0] = '\0';
+                       load_crontab(buf);
                }
                fclose(fi);
        }
 }
 
-static void SynchronizeDir(void)
+static void rescan_crontab_dir(void)
 {
        CronFile *file;
-       /* Attempt to delete the database. */
+
+       /* Delete all files until we only have ones with running jobs (or none) */
  again:
-       for (file = FileBase; file; file = file->cf_Next) {
-               if (!file->cf_Deleted) {
-                       DeleteFile(file->cf_User);
+       for (file = G.cron_files; file; file = file->cf_next) {
+               if (!file->cf_deleted) {
+                       delete_cronfile(file->cf_username);
                        goto again;
                }
        }
 
-       /*
-        * Remove cron update file
-        *
-        * Re-chdir, in case directory was renamed & deleted, or otherwise
-        * screwed up.
-        *
-        * scan directory and add associated users
-        */
+       /* Remove cron update file */
        unlink(CRONUPDATE);
-       if (chdir(CDir) < 0) {
-               crondlog(DIE9 "can't chdir(%s)", CDir);
+       /* Re-chdir, in case directory was renamed & deleted */
+       if (chdir(G.crontab_dir_name) < 0) {
+               crondlog(DIE9 "chdir(%s)", G.crontab_dir_name);
        }
+
+       /* Scan directory and add associated users */
        {
                DIR *dir = opendir(".");
                struct dirent *den;
 
                if (!dir)
-                       crondlog(DIE9 "can't chdir(%s)", "."); /* exits */
+                       crondlog(DIE9 "chdir(%s)", "."); /* exits */
                while ((den = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
                        if (strchr(den->d_name, '.') != NULL) {
                                continue;
                        }
-                       if (getpwnam(den->d_name)) {
-                               SynchronizeFile(den->d_name);
-                       } else {
-                               crondlog(LVL7 "ignoring %s", den->d_name);
-                       }
+                       load_crontab(den->d_name);
                }
                closedir(dir);
        }
 }
 
-/*
- *  DeleteFile() - delete user database
- *
- *  Note: multiple entries for same user may exist if we were unable to
- *  completely delete a database due to running processes.
- */
-static void DeleteFile(const char *userName)
-{
-       CronFile **pfile = &FileBase;
-       CronFile *file;
-
-       while ((file = *pfile) != NULL) {
-               if (strcmp(userName, file->cf_User) == 0) {
-                       CronLine **pline = &file->cf_LineBase;
-                       CronLine *line;
-
-                       file->cf_Running = 0;
-                       file->cf_Deleted = 1;
-
-                       while ((line = *pline) != NULL) {
-                               if (line->cl_Pid > 0) {
-                                       file->cf_Running = 1;
-                                       pline = &line->cl_Next;
-                               } else {
-                                       *pline = line->cl_Next;
-                                       free(line->cl_Shell);
-                                       free(line);
-                               }
-                       }
-                       if (file->cf_Running == 0) {
-                               *pfile = file->cf_Next;
-                               free(file->cf_User);
-                               free(file);
-                       } else {
-                               pfile = &file->cf_Next;
-                       }
-               } else {
-                       pfile = &file->cf_Next;
-               }
-       }
-}
-
-/*
- * TestJobs()
- *
- * determine which jobs need to be run.  Under normal conditions, the
- * period is about a minute (one scan).  Worst case it will be one
- * hour (60 scans).
- */
-static int TestJobs(time_t t1, time_t t2)
+#if SETENV_LEAKS
+/* We set environment *before* vfork (because we want to use vfork),
+ * so we cannot use setenv() - repeated calls to setenv() may leak memory!
+ * Using putenv(), and freeing memory after unsetenv() won't leak */
+static void safe_setenv(char **pvar_val, const char *var, const char *val)
 {
-       int nJobs = 0;
-       time_t t;
-
-       /* Find jobs > t1 and <= t2 */
-
-       for (t = t1 - t1 % 60; t <= t2; t += 60) {
-               struct tm *tp;
-               CronFile *file;
-               CronLine *line;
-
-               if (t <= t1)
-                       continue;
+       char *var_val = *pvar_val;
 
-               tp = localtime(&t);
-               for (file = FileBase; file; file = file->cf_Next) {
-                       if (DebugOpt)
-                               crondlog(LVL5 "file %s:", file->cf_User);
-                       if (file->cf_Deleted)
-                               continue;
-                       for (line = file->cf_LineBase; line; line = line->cl_Next) {
-                               if (DebugOpt)
-                                       crondlog(LVL5 " line %s", line->cl_Shell);
-                               if (line->cl_Mins[tp->tm_min] && line->cl_Hrs[tp->tm_hour]
-                                && (line->cl_Days[tp->tm_mday] || line->cl_Dow[tp->tm_wday])
-                                && line->cl_Mons[tp->tm_mon]
-                               ) {
-                                       if (DebugOpt) {
-                                               crondlog(LVL5 " job: %d %s",
-                                                       (int)line->cl_Pid, line->cl_Shell);
-                                       }
-                                       if (line->cl_Pid > 0) {
-                                               crondlog(LVL8 "user %s: process already running: %s",
-                                                       file->cf_User, line->cl_Shell);
-                                       } else if (line->cl_Pid == 0) {
-                                               line->cl_Pid = -1;
-                                               file->cf_Ready = 1;
-                                               ++nJobs;
-                                       }
-                               }
-                       }
-               }
+       if (var_val) {
+               bb_unsetenv_and_free(var_val);
        }
-       return nJobs;
+       *pvar_val = xasprintf("%s=%s", var, val);
+       putenv(*pvar_val);
 }
+#endif
 
-static void RunJobs(void)
+static void set_env_vars(struct passwd *pas)
 {
-       CronFile *file;
-       CronLine *line;
-
-       for (file = FileBase; file; file = file->cf_Next) {
-               if (!file->cf_Ready)
-                       continue;
-
-               file->cf_Ready = 0;
-               for (line = file->cf_LineBase; line; line = line->cl_Next) {
-                       if (line->cl_Pid >= 0)
-                               continue;
-
-                       RunJob(file->cf_User, line);
-                       crondlog(LVL8 "USER %s pid %3d cmd %s",
-                               file->cf_User, (int)line->cl_Pid, line->cl_Shell);
-                       if (line->cl_Pid < 0) {
-                               file->cf_Ready = 1;
-                       } else if (line->cl_Pid > 0) {
-                               file->cf_Running = 1;
-                       }
-               }
-       }
+#if SETENV_LEAKS
+       safe_setenv(&G.env_var_user, "USER", pas->pw_name);
+       safe_setenv(&G.env_var_home, "HOME", pas->pw_dir);
+       /* if we want to set user's shell instead: */
+       /*safe_setenv(G.env_var_shell, "SHELL", pas->pw_shell);*/
+#else
+       xsetenv("USER", pas->pw_name);
+       xsetenv("HOME", pas->pw_dir);
+#endif
+       /* currently, we use constant one: */
+       /*setenv("SHELL", DEFAULT_SHELL, 1); - done earlier */
 }
 
-/*
- * CheckJobs() - check for job completion
- *
- * Check for job completion, return number of jobs still running after
- * all done.
- */
-static int CheckJobs(void)
+static void change_user(struct passwd *pas)
 {
-       CronFile *file;
-       CronLine *line;
-       int nStillRunning = 0;
-
-       for (file = FileBase; file; file = file->cf_Next) {
-               if (file->cf_Running) {
-                       file->cf_Running = 0;
-
-                       for (line = file->cf_LineBase; line; line = line->cl_Next) {
-                               int status, r;
-                               if (line->cl_Pid <= 0)
-                                       continue;
-
-                               r = waitpid(line->cl_Pid, &status, WNOHANG);
-                               if (r < 0 || r == line->cl_Pid) {
-                                       EndJob(file->cf_User, line);
-                                       if (line->cl_Pid) {
-                                               file->cf_Running = 1;
-                                       }
-                               } else if (r == 0) {
-                                       file->cf_Running = 1;
-                               }
-                       }
+       /* careful: we're after vfork! */
+       change_identity(pas); /* - initgroups, setgid, setuid */
+       if (chdir(pas->pw_dir) < 0) {
+               crondlog(WARN9 "chdir(%s)", pas->pw_dir);
+               if (chdir(TMPDIR) < 0) {
+                       crondlog(DIE9 "chdir(%s)", TMPDIR); /* exits */
                }
-               nStillRunning += file->cf_Running;
        }
-       return nStillRunning;
 }
 
-#if ENABLE_FEATURE_CROND_CALL_SENDMAIL
-
 // TODO: sendmail should be _run-time_ option, not compile-time!
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_CROND_CALL_SENDMAIL
 
-static void
-ForkJob(const char *user, CronLine *line, int mailFd,
-               const char *prog, const char *cmd, const char *arg,
-               const char *mail_filename)
-{
+static pid_t
+fork_job(const char *user, int mailFd,
+               const char *prog,
+               const char *shell_cmd /* if NULL, we run sendmail */
+{
        struct passwd *pas;
        pid_t pid;
 
        /* prepare things before vfork */
        pas = getpwnam(user);
        if (!pas) {
-               crondlog(LVL9 "can't get uid for %s", user);
+               crondlog(WARN9 "can't get uid for %s", user);
                goto err;
        }
-       SetEnv(pas);
+       set_env_vars(pas);
 
        pid = vfork();
        if (pid == 0) {
                /* CHILD */
-               /* change running state to the user in question */
-               ChangeUser(pas);
+               /* initgroups, setgid, setuid, and chdir to home or TMPDIR */
+               change_user(pas);
                if (DebugOpt) {
                        crondlog(LVL5 "child running %s", prog);
                }
                if (mailFd >= 0) {
-                       xmove_fd(mailFd, mail_filename ? 1 : 0);
+                       xmove_fd(mailFd, shell_cmd ? 1 : 0);
                        dup2(1, 2);
                }
-               execlp(prog, prog, cmd, arg, NULL);
-               crondlog(ERR20 "can't exec, user %s cmd %s %s %s", user, prog, cmd, arg);
-               if (mail_filename) {
-                       fdprintf(1, "Exec failed: %s -c %s\n", prog, arg);
+               /* crond 3.0pl1-100 puts tasks in separate process groups */
+               bb_setpgrp();
+               execlp(prog, prog, (shell_cmd ? "-c" : SENDMAIL_ARGS), shell_cmd, (char *) NULL);
+               crondlog(ERR20 "can't execute '%s' for user %s", prog, user);
+               if (shell_cmd) {
+                       fdprintf(1, "Exec failed: %s -c %s\n", prog, shell_cmd);
                }
                _exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
        }
 
-       line->cl_Pid = pid;
        if (pid < 0) {
                /* FORK FAILED */
                crondlog(ERR20 "can't vfork");
  err:
-               line->cl_Pid = 0;
-               if (mail_filename) {
-                       unlink(mail_filename);
-               }
-       } else if (mail_filename) {
-               /* PARENT, FORK SUCCESS
-                * rename mail-file based on pid of process
-                */
-               char mailFile2[128];
-
-               snprintf(mailFile2, sizeof(mailFile2), "%s/cron.%s.%d", TMPDIR, user, pid);
-               rename(mail_filename, mailFile2); // TODO: xrename?
-       }
+               pid = 0;
+       } /* else: PARENT, FORK SUCCESS */
 
        /*
         * Close the mail file descriptor.. we can't just leave it open in
@@ -822,110 +601,120 @@ ForkJob(const char *user, CronLine *line, int mailFd,
        if (mailFd >= 0) {
                close(mailFd);
        }
+       return pid;
 }
 
-static void RunJob(const char *user, CronLine *line)
+static void start_one_job(const char *user, CronLine *line)
 {
        char mailFile[128];
        int mailFd = -1;
 
-       line->cl_Pid = 0;
-       line->cl_MailFlag = 0;
+       line->cl_pid = 0;
+       line->cl_empty_mail_size = 0;
 
-       if (line->cl_MailTo) {
-               /* open mail file - owner root so nobody can screw with it. */
+       if (line->cl_mailto) {
+               /* Open mail file (owner is root so nobody can screw with it) */
                snprintf(mailFile, sizeof(mailFile), "%s/cron.%s.%d", TMPDIR, user, getpid());
                mailFd = open(mailFile, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY | O_EXCL | O_APPEND, 0600);
 
                if (mailFd >= 0) {
-                       line->cl_MailFlag = 1;
-                       fdprintf(mailFd, "To: %s\nSubject: cron: %s\n\n", line->cl_MailTo,
-                               line->cl_Shell);
-                       line->cl_MailPos = lseek(mailFd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
+                       fdprintf(mailFd, "To: %s\nSubject: cron: %s\n\n", line->cl_mailto,
+                               line->cl_cmd);
+                       line->cl_empty_mail_size = lseek(mailFd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
                } else {
-                       crondlog(ERR20 "cannot create mail file %s for user %s, "
+                       crondlog(ERR20 "can't create mail file %s for user %s, "
                                        "discarding output", mailFile, user);
                }
        }
 
-       ForkJob(user, line, mailFd, DEFAULT_SHELL, "-c", line->cl_Shell, mailFile);
+       line->cl_pid = fork_job(user, mailFd, DEFAULT_SHELL, line->cl_cmd);
+       if (mailFd >= 0) {
+               if (line->cl_pid <= 0) {
+                       unlink(mailFile);
+               } else {
+                       /* rename mail-file based on pid of process */
+                       char *mailFile2 = xasprintf("%s/cron.%s.%d", TMPDIR, user, (int)line->cl_pid);
+                       rename(mailFile, mailFile2); // TODO: xrename?
+                       free(mailFile2);
+               }
+       }
 }
 
 /*
- * EndJob - called when job terminates and when mail terminates
+ * process_finished_job - called when job terminates and when mail terminates
  */
-static void EndJob(const char *user, CronLine *line)
+static void process_finished_job(const char *user, CronLine *line)
 {
+       pid_t pid;
        int mailFd;
        char mailFile[128];
        struct stat sbuf;
 
-       /* No job */
-       if (line->cl_Pid <= 0) {
-               line->cl_Pid = 0;
+       pid = line->cl_pid;
+       line->cl_pid = 0;
+       if (pid <= 0) {
+               /* No job */
                return;
        }
-
-       /*
-        * End of job and no mail file
-        * End of sendmail job
-        */
-       snprintf(mailFile, sizeof(mailFile), "%s/cron.%s.%d", TMPDIR, user, line->cl_Pid);
-       line->cl_Pid = 0;
-
-       if (line->cl_MailFlag == 0) {
+       if (line->cl_empty_mail_size <= 0) {
+               /* End of job and no mail file, or end of sendmail job */
                return;
        }
-       line->cl_MailFlag = 0;
 
        /*
-        * End of primary job - check for mail file.  If size has increased and
-        * the file is still valid, we sendmail it.
+        * End of primary job - check for mail file.
+        * If size has changed and the file is still valid, we send it.
         */
+       snprintf(mailFile, sizeof(mailFile), "%s/cron.%s.%d", TMPDIR, user, (int)pid);
        mailFd = open(mailFile, O_RDONLY);
        unlink(mailFile);
        if (mailFd < 0) {
                return;
        }
 
-       if (fstat(mailFd, &sbuf) < 0 || sbuf.st_uid != DaemonUid
-        || sbuf.st_nlink != 0 || sbuf.st_size == line->cl_MailPos
+       if (fstat(mailFd, &sbuf) < 0
+        || sbuf.st_uid != DAEMON_UID
+        || sbuf.st_nlink != 0
+        || sbuf.st_size == line->cl_empty_mail_size
         || !S_ISREG(sbuf.st_mode)
        ) {
                close(mailFd);
                return;
        }
-       if (line->cl_MailTo)
-               ForkJob(user, line, mailFd, SENDMAIL, SENDMAIL_ARGS, NULL);
+       line->cl_empty_mail_size = 0;
+       /* if (line->cl_mailto) - always true if cl_empty_mail_size was nonzero */
+               line->cl_pid = fork_job(user, mailFd, SENDMAIL, NULL);
 }
 
-#else /* crond without sendmail */
+#else /* !ENABLE_FEATURE_CROND_CALL_SENDMAIL */
 
-static void RunJob(const char *user, CronLine *line)
+static void start_one_job(const char *user, CronLine *line)
 {
        struct passwd *pas;
        pid_t pid;
 
-       /* prepare things before vfork */
        pas = getpwnam(user);
        if (!pas) {
-               crondlog(LVL9 "can't get uid for %s", user);
+               crondlog(WARN9 "can't get uid for %s", user);
                goto err;
        }
-       SetEnv(pas);
 
-       /* fork as the user in question and run program */
+       /* Prepare things before vfork */
+       set_env_vars(pas);
+
+       /* Fork as the user in question and run program */
        pid = vfork();
        if (pid == 0) {
                /* CHILD */
-               /* change running state to the user in question */
-               ChangeUser(pas);
+               /* initgroups, setgid, setuid, and chdir to home or TMPDIR */
+               change_user(pas);
                if (DebugOpt) {
                        crondlog(LVL5 "child running %s", DEFAULT_SHELL);
                }
-               execl(DEFAULT_SHELL, DEFAULT_SHELL, "-c", line->cl_Shell, NULL);
-               crondlog(ERR20 "can't exec, user %s cmd %s %s %s", user,
-                                DEFAULT_SHELL, "-c", line->cl_Shell);
+               /* crond 3.0pl1-100 puts tasks in separate process groups */
+               bb_setpgrp();
+               execl(DEFAULT_SHELL, DEFAULT_SHELL, "-c", line->cl_cmd, (char *) NULL);
+               crondlog(ERR20 "can't execute '%s' for user %s", DEFAULT_SHELL, user);
                _exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
        }
        if (pid < 0) {
@@ -934,7 +723,232 @@ static void RunJob(const char *user, CronLine *line)
  err:
                pid = 0;
        }
-       line->cl_Pid = pid;
+       line->cl_pid = pid;
 }
 
-#endif /* ENABLE_FEATURE_CROND_CALL_SENDMAIL */
+#define process_finished_job(user, line)  ((line)->cl_pid = 0)
+
+#endif /* !ENABLE_FEATURE_CROND_CALL_SENDMAIL */
+
+/*
+ * Determine which jobs need to be run.  Under normal conditions, the
+ * period is about a minute (one scan).  Worst case it will be one
+ * hour (60 scans).
+ */
+static void flag_starting_jobs(time_t t1, time_t t2)
+{
+       time_t t;
+
+       /* Find jobs > t1 and <= t2 */
+
+       for (t = t1 - t1 % 60; t <= t2; t += 60) {
+               struct tm *ptm;
+               CronFile *file;
+               CronLine *line;
+
+               if (t <= t1)
+                       continue;
+
+               ptm = localtime(&t);
+               for (file = G.cron_files; file; file = file->cf_next) {
+                       if (DebugOpt)
+                               crondlog(LVL5 "file %s:", file->cf_username);
+                       if (file->cf_deleted)
+                               continue;
+                       for (line = file->cf_lines; line; line = line->cl_next) {
+                               if (DebugOpt)
+                                       crondlog(LVL5 " line %s", line->cl_cmd);
+                               if (line->cl_Mins[ptm->tm_min]
+                                && line->cl_Hrs[ptm->tm_hour]
+                                && (line->cl_Days[ptm->tm_mday] || line->cl_Dow[ptm->tm_wday])
+                                && line->cl_Mons[ptm->tm_mon]
+                               ) {
+                                       if (DebugOpt) {
+                                               crondlog(LVL5 " job: %d %s",
+                                                       (int)line->cl_pid, line->cl_cmd);
+                                       }
+                                       if (line->cl_pid > 0) {
+                                               crondlog(LVL8 "user %s: process already running: %s",
+                                                       file->cf_username, line->cl_cmd);
+                                       } else if (line->cl_pid == 0) {
+                                               line->cl_pid = -1;
+                                               file->cf_wants_starting = 1;
+                                       }
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
+       }
+}
+
+static void start_jobs(void)
+{
+       CronFile *file;
+       CronLine *line;
+
+       for (file = G.cron_files; file; file = file->cf_next) {
+               if (!file->cf_wants_starting)
+                       continue;
+
+               file->cf_wants_starting = 0;
+               for (line = file->cf_lines; line; line = line->cl_next) {
+                       pid_t pid;
+                       if (line->cl_pid >= 0)
+                               continue;
+
+                       start_one_job(file->cf_username, line);
+                       pid = line->cl_pid;
+                       crondlog(LVL8 "USER %s pid %3d cmd %s",
+                               file->cf_username, (int)pid, line->cl_cmd);
+                       if (pid < 0) {
+                               file->cf_wants_starting = 1;
+                       }
+                       if (pid > 0) {
+                               file->cf_has_running = 1;
+                       }
+               }
+       }
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check for job completion, return number of jobs still running after
+ * all done.
+ */
+static int check_completions(void)
+{
+       CronFile *file;
+       CronLine *line;
+       int num_still_running = 0;
+
+       for (file = G.cron_files; file; file = file->cf_next) {
+               if (!file->cf_has_running)
+                       continue;
+
+               file->cf_has_running = 0;
+               for (line = file->cf_lines; line; line = line->cl_next) {
+                       int r;
+
+                       if (line->cl_pid <= 0)
+                               continue;
+
+                       r = waitpid(line->cl_pid, NULL, WNOHANG);
+                       if (r < 0 || r == line->cl_pid) {
+                               process_finished_job(file->cf_username, line);
+                               if (line->cl_pid == 0) {
+                                       /* sendmail was not started for it */
+                                       continue;
+                               }
+                               /* else: sendmail was started, job is still running, fall thru */
+                       }
+                       /* else: r == 0: "process is still running" */
+                       file->cf_has_running = 1;
+               }
+//FIXME: if !file->cf_has_running && file->deleted: delete it!
+//otherwise deleted entries will stay forever, right?
+               num_still_running += file->cf_has_running;
+       }
+       return num_still_running;
+}
+
+int crond_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
+int crond_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
+{
+       time_t t2;
+       int rescan;
+       int sleep_time;
+       unsigned opts;
+
+       INIT_G();
+
+       /* "-b after -f is ignored", and so on for every pair a-b */
+       opt_complementary = "f-b:b-f:S-L:L-S" IF_FEATURE_CROND_D(":d-l")
+                       /* -l and -d have numeric param */
+                       ":l+" IF_FEATURE_CROND_D(":d+");
+       opts = getopt32(argv, "l:L:fbSc:" IF_FEATURE_CROND_D("d:"),
+                       &G.log_level, &G.log_filename, &G.crontab_dir_name
+                       IF_FEATURE_CROND_D(,&G.log_level));
+       /* both -d N and -l N set the same variable: G.log_level */
+
+       if (!(opts & OPT_f)) {
+               /* close stdin, stdout, stderr.
+                * close unused descriptors - don't need them. */
+               bb_daemonize_or_rexec(DAEMON_CLOSE_EXTRA_FDS, argv);
+       }
+
+       if (!(opts & OPT_d) && G.log_filename == NULL) {
+               /* logging to syslog */
+               openlog(applet_name, LOG_CONS | LOG_PID, LOG_CRON);
+               logmode = LOGMODE_SYSLOG;
+       }
+
+       xchdir(G.crontab_dir_name);
+       //signal(SIGHUP, SIG_IGN); /* ? original crond dies on HUP... */
+       xsetenv("SHELL", DEFAULT_SHELL); /* once, for all future children */
+       crondlog(LVL8 "crond (busybox "BB_VER") started, log level %d", G.log_level);
+       rescan_crontab_dir();
+       write_pidfile(CONFIG_PID_FILE_PATH "/crond.pid");
+
+       /* Main loop */
+       t2 = time(NULL);
+       rescan = 60;
+       sleep_time = 60;
+       for (;;) {
+               struct stat sbuf;
+               time_t t1;
+               long dt;
+
+               t1 = t2;
+
+               /* Synchronize to 1 minute, minimum 1 second */
+               sleep(sleep_time - (time(NULL) % sleep_time) + 1);
+
+               t2 = time(NULL);
+               dt = (long)t2 - (long)t1;
+
+               /*
+                * The file 'cron.update' is checked to determine new cron
+                * jobs.  The directory is rescanned once an hour to deal
+                * with any screwups.
+                *
+                * Check for time jump.  Disparities over an hour either way
+                * result in resynchronization.  A negative disparity
+                * less than an hour causes us to effectively sleep until we
+                * match the original time (i.e. no re-execution of jobs that
+                * have just been run).  A positive disparity less than
+                * an hour causes intermediate jobs to be run, but only once
+                * in the worst case.
+                *
+                * When running jobs, the inequality used is greater but not
+                * equal to t1, and less then or equal to t2.
+                */
+               if (stat(G.crontab_dir_name, &sbuf) != 0)
+                       sbuf.st_mtime = 0; /* force update (once) if dir was deleted */
+               if (G.crontab_dir_mtime != sbuf.st_mtime) {
+                       G.crontab_dir_mtime = sbuf.st_mtime;
+                       rescan = 1;
+               }
+               if (--rescan == 0) {
+                       rescan = 60;
+                       rescan_crontab_dir();
+               }
+               process_cron_update_file();
+               if (DebugOpt)
+                       crondlog(LVL5 "wakeup dt=%ld", dt);
+               if (dt < -60 * 60 || dt > 60 * 60) {
+                       crondlog(WARN9 "time disparity of %ld minutes detected", dt / 60);
+                       /* and we do not run any jobs in this case */
+               } else if (dt > 0) {
+                       /* Usual case: time advances forward, as expected */
+                       flag_starting_jobs(t1, t2);
+                       start_jobs();
+                       if (check_completions() > 0) {
+                               /* some jobs are still running */
+                               sleep_time = 10;
+                       } else {
+                               sleep_time = 60;
+                       }
+               }
+               /* else: time jumped back, do not run any jobs */
+       } /* for (;;) */
+
+       return 0; /* not reached */
+}