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+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+#
+# start cron daemon
+#
+# runlevels: openelec, textmode
+
+(
+  # can be called from openelec addon.
+  # ensure that environment is sane
+  . /etc/profile
+
+  CRON_ENABLED=true
+  if [ -f $CONFIG_CACHE/service_cron.conf ]; then
+    . $CONFIG_CACHE/service_cron.conf
+  fi
+
+  if [ "$CRON_ENABLED" == "true" ]; then
+    progress "Starting cron daemon"
+    mkdir -p $CONFIG_CACHE/cron/crontabs
+    crond -b
+  fi
+)&