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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