From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 16 12:29:35 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 556DD16A4CE; Sun, 16 May 2004 12:29:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from repoman.freebsd.org (repoman.freebsd.org [216.136.204.115]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3399043D46; Sun, 16 May 2004 12:29:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from yar@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repoman.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by repoman.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i4GJTYGe084446; Sun, 16 May 2004 12:29:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from yar@repoman.freebsd.org) Received: (from yar@localhost) by repoman.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i4GJTXDu084445; Sun, 16 May 2004 12:29:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from yar) Message-Id: <200405161929.i4GJTXDu084445@repoman.freebsd.org> From: Yar Tikhiy Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 12:29:33 -0700 (PDT) To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org X-FreeBSD-CVS-Branch: HEAD Subject: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/cron/cron cron.8 cron.c cron.h do_command.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 19:29:35 -0000 yar 2004/05/16 12:29:33 PDT FreeBSD src repository Modified files: usr.sbin/cron/cron cron.8 cron.c cron.h do_command.c Log: Add two new options to cron(8), -J and -j. They allow to specify the maximum amount of time jitter for root and other users, respectively. Before starting a job, cron(8) will sleep a random number of seconds, from 0 to the amount specified. This can help to smooth down load spikes when a lot of jobs are to start at the beginning of a particular minute (e.g., the first minute of an hour.) PR: bin/66474 Submitted by: Dmitry Morozovsky rinet.ru> Revision Changes Path 1.21 +23 -0 src/usr.sbin/cron/cron/cron.8 1.15 +17 -3 src/usr.sbin/cron/cron/cron.c 1.15 +4 -0 src/usr.sbin/cron/cron/cron.h 1.22 +7 -0 src/usr.sbin/cron/cron/do_command.c