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Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:38:52 +0100
To: Artem Naluzhnyy <tut@nhamon.com.ua>
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From: hans@lambermont.dyndns.org (H)
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Subject: Re: crontab(5) enhancements
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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