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Date:      Thu, 01 Jan 1998 12:20:37 +0000
From:      Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
To:        Jacob Bohn Lorensen <jacob@jblhome.ping.dk>
Cc:        Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>, Duncan Barclay <dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Revamping /etc/daily, weekly, monthly 
Message-ID:  <199801011220.MAA17567@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "01 Jan 1998 03:48:29 %2B0100." <87afdg3o5d.fsf@pippin.jblhome.ping.dk> 

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> Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> writes:
> 
> > [.....]
> > > # do daily/weekly/monthly maintenance
> > > 0    2    *    *    *   once   periodic daily 2>&1 | sendmail root
> > > 30   3    *    *    6   once   periodic weekly 2>&1 | sendmail root
> > > 30   5    1    *    *   once   periodic monthly 2>&1 | sendmail root
> > [.....]
> 
> > I like the idea, but the syntax is bad.  It looks way too much like 
> > /etc/crontab - except with different meanings.
> 
> I don't think I made myself clear.
[.....]

You did :^P

I agree with your ideas, but what I'm saying is that /etc/crontab (as 
distinct from /var/cron/tabs/* has an extra 6th field - `who'.  This 
looks very like your `once' field and would be rather confusing for 
someone comparing the two file formats.

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Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....





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