On Thu, Jan 15, 1998 at 12:50:51AM +0100, Sten Anderson wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 14, 1998 at 12:06:36PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> >
> > > But then the /etc/cron.d crontab needs to check that that script
> > > exists (since it doesn't need to be a conffile) and we're back where
> > > we started, now that I think about it.
> >
> > 2 3 * * * test -x /usr/bin/abc && /usr/bin/abc || /bin/true
^
add root here
> Is it really necessary that these one line cronscripts are marked as
> conffiles? What are the advantages of keeping such a script around
Yes, because I might want that cronjob run at "5 4 * * *" because
at 2 a clock the system's running with heavy load anyway. I don't
want to edit it with a new update.
btw. Steve, does your cron take care of faulty crontabs like
/etc/cron.d/ipac.dpkg-old?
Regards
Joey
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