The K Desktop Environment

Chapter 3. Onscreen Fundamentals

3.1. Start Up

When KCron starts you will see a summarized view of scheduled tasks and associated environment variables. If you are running as the root user, you will see these items for all users on the computer as well as the system scheduled tasks. Each of the folders can be expanded and contracted.

Scheduled Tasks

Scheduled tasks appear under a "Tasks" folder. For each scheduled task, the following are displayed:

- Name

- Value: Program file and parameters

- Description: Natural language description of schedule

If a task has been disabled, no program file and parameters will appear and the description will be "Disabled."

Environment Variables

Environment various appear under a "Variables" folder. For each environment variable, the following are displayed:

- Name

- Value

- Description

If an environment variable has been disabled, no value will appear and the description will be "Disabled."