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Date:      Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:38:52 +0100
From:      hans@lambermont.dyndns.org (H)
To:        Artem Naluzhnyy <tut@nhamon.com.ua>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: crontab(5) enhancements
Message-ID:  <20081126223852.GV23260@frag.lambermont.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <65dfa4fc0811261002w61224c0ey9ed987f3f8122db0@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <65dfa4fc0811261002w61224c0ey9ed987f3f8122db0@mail.gmail.com>

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Artem Naluzhnyy wrote on 20081126:

> I have two suggestion for newsyslog(8) and periodic(8) entries in
> default /etc/crontab file:
> * nice(1) newsyslog and periodic entries to shape CPU load spikes;
> * lockf(1) them to prevent simultaneous execution.

I think a pointer to at least lockf will be welcomed by our users.

regards,
   Hans Lambermont



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