Re: how to just copy files that don't need compiled? and set up a cron job?
On Thu, 01 Nov 2007, Jeremy Martin wrote:
> The other part of my question is trying to set up a cron job. I tried adding
> the job into debian/cron.d.ex and in the debian/rules file I uncommented
> dh_installcron in the "binary-arch: build install" section, but the cron job
> is not being added to /etc/crontab or to root's crontab (it needs to run as
> root).
Mucking about with /etc/crontab should not be done by packages, since
there's never any valid reason to do so.[1] If your script needs to be
run daily as root (or a similar interval for which directories exist)
put the script in /etc/cron.{daily,weekly,monthly,hourly}. If it needs
to be run more often, then stick a crontab entry in /etc/cron.d.
man cron; and see /etc/crontab; for details.
Don Armstrong
1: Well, ignoring packages like cron and anacrontab, anyway.
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