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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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Steve Greenland


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