Re: cron jobs more often than daily
On 12-Jan-1998 15:37:29, Brian White <bcwhite@verisim.com> wrote:
> To summarize... There are three proposals I recall: (+advantage, -disadv)
>
> 1) Patch cron to read files from /etc/cron.d/ as though they were included
> directly int /etc/crontab.
> + simple patch
> + keeps /etc/crontab exactly as it is
> - requires patching existing program with no change of going upstream
+ it's implemented :-)
> 3) Write script which modifies only one "area" of /etc/crontab
> - user changes in system area could cause problems
> - user changes do not get managed by dpkg "conffile" control
- difficult script to get correct
I'm currently (well, not right this minute) testing the patch for
1). I expect to get something posted tommorrow or wednesday, but my
expectations are not always met...
steve greenland
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