Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:29:15 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: David Hawthorne <dhawth@bitgravity.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about ports adding cronjobs Message-ID: <18520.18635.747302.473408@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <4858428A.80502@FreeBSD.org> References: <746214C8-3863-4B29-8B01-230579284C76@bitgravity.com> <4858428A.80502@FreeBSD.org>
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Pietro Cerutti writes: > | I > | have a package done up for it, and I'd like to add it to the ports tree > | eventually, but I'm stuck on how to get it to automagically add the > | cronjob to have the stats gathering script run every five minutes, and I > | don't know of any ports that add cronjobs off the top of my head to go > | look at. > | > | Is there an approved standard for doing this? > > Another option would be to create a support script/daemon and > place it in rc.d. The script/daemon would then sit idle and wake > up once every <your preferred time here> and gather your > statistics. > > Third option: instruct the user (via a message at post-install > stage) on how to setup the cron job. I would _much_ prefer either of these. The idea of adding a cron job - even if there's a message displayed at the end of installation - makes me nervous. Robert Huff
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