Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 12:18:22 +0100 From: "Peter McGarvey" <Networks.Manager@rncm.ac.uk> To: "Martin M" <lalala@globalserve.net>, <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: cron Message-ID: <NDBBJLAJELEHNLGABIJNAELDCNAA.Networks.Manager@rncm.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <000801bf1a20$1a2a03e0$3c0ca7d1@lalala>
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> Why is it called a "CRON" job? I've noticed that there is a
> reason for just about every name in UNIX, but I still fail to
> see what Conan the barbarian's warrior god has to do with anything...
> I didn't know Cimmerians even used computers...
cron...
chrono-, from the Greek "Khronos" meaning time...
as in "chronometer" or "chronological".
As for Conan, well I seem to remember his god being called Crom, not Cron.
TTFN, FNORD
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