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From: Nick Barnes <Nick.Barnes@pobox.com>
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At 2008-02-29 12:15:26+0000, Willy Offermans writes:

> Is /usr/local/etc/periodic/daily/ not the place to put your daily
> executable scripts? What is daily.local about?

/etc/daily.local predates /etc/periodic/, somewhat.  It was introduced
in 1996.  Before that, there was just the /etc/daily script, which was
cut over to /etc/periodic/... some time in 1997.

God bless the FreeBSD project's careful approach to compatibility.

Nick B