From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Aug 10 4:50:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 950F4153D5 for ; Tue, 10 Aug 1999 04:50:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id EAA29940; Tue, 10 Aug 1999 04:50:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 04:50:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199908101150.EAA29940@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Seth Subject: Re: conf/10947: Entering daylight time at 2am loses /etc/daily (or other 2am jobs) Reply-To: Seth Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR conf/10947; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Seth To: Doug Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp , Andre Albsmeier , scottd@cloud9.net, Garrett Wollman , freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: conf/10947: Entering daylight time at 2am loses /etc/daily (or other 2am jobs) Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 07:42:23 -0400 (EDT) OK. Two diffs below. First is for the manpage (crontab(5)). Second is for crontab itself. Note that the 2:00 job has been changed to 1:59 per phk and Doug. Hopefully we can close this soon :) First diff (crontab(5)): --- crontab.5 Tue Aug 10 07:25:28 1999 +++ crontab.5.new Tue Aug 10 07:35:30 1999 @@ -137,6 +137,16 @@ the feature can be turned off and no mail will be sent at all (SysV can't do this either). +BBUUGGSS + If you're in one of the 70-odd countries that observes Daylight + Savings Time, jobs scheduled during the rollback or advance will be + affected. In general, it's not a good idea to schedule jobs during + this period. + + US users (except parts of IN, AZ, and HI): the time shift occurs at + 2AM local time. International users: please check + _/_u_s_r_/_s_r_c_/_s_h_a_r_e_/_z_o_n_e_i_n_f_o. + AAUUTTHHOORRSS Paul Vixie Next diff (crontab): --- crontab Tue Aug 3 16:59:01 1999 +++ crontab.new Tue Aug 10 07:41:21 1999 @@ -14,7 +14,12 @@ 0 * * * * root newsyslog # # do daily/weekly/monthly maintenance -0 2 * * * root periodic daily 2>&1 | sendmail root +# +# If your time zone acknowledges Daylight Savings Time, job +# scheduling can be affected. Please plan accordingly. See +# crontab(5) for more information. +# +59 1 * * * root periodic daily 2>&1 | sendmail root 30 3 * * 6 root periodic weekly 2>&1 | sendmail root 30 5 1 * * root periodic monthly 2>&1 | sendmail root # Thanks! SB On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Doug wrote: > > Sure, actually fixing the time the job is scheduled for was my > goal all along. :) > > Doug > -- > On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only > nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter > what it does. > -- Will Rogers > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message