Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:29:00 +0000 From: Nick Barnes <Nick.Barnes@pobox.com> To: Willy@Offermans.Rompen.nl Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: $HOME changed from 6.2 to 6.3 and 7.0 ?! Message-ID: <74723.1204288140@thrush.ravenbrook.com> In-Reply-To: <20080229121526.GB4309@wiz.vpn.offrom.nl> from Willy Offermans <Willy@Offermans.Rompen.nl> of "Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:15:26 %2B0100"
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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
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