Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 13:07:00 -0700 From: Joshua Tinnin <krinklyfig@spymac.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: crontab question involving cvsup Message-ID: <200408271307.00229.krinklyfig@spymac.com> In-Reply-To: <412E6C64.4070403@daleco.biz> References: <200408260007.26659.krinklyfig@spymac.com> <200408261313.16037.krinklyfig@spymac.com> <412E6C64.4070403@daleco.biz>
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On Thursday 26 August 2004 04:04 pm, "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> wrote: > Joshua Tinnin wrote: > >On Thursday 26 August 2004 08:28 am, "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." > > > ><kdk@daleco.biz> wrote: > >>Unlike the system crontab, user crontabs, including root's, are > >>under /var/cron; the file format is slightly different, and misuse > >>of the system crontab for regular jobs is the cause of several > >>FAQ posts we see here every few months or so; one of these goes > >>something like, "why do I get an email from cron saying it can't > >>complete my job, unknown user, etc. ??".... > > > >Again, I see nothing in the documentation warning against editing > > the system crontab file, only that it can't be installed/edited > > with the crontab command. > > > >- jt > > Well, you *can* do it that way ... but I wouldn't. No flub up of > mine when running mergemaster is going to touch /var/cron/tabs/root; > OTOH, if I put my script calls in /etc/crontab ... OK, what you said makes much more sense now. See, I'm the kind of person who has to know *exactly* why I shouldn't put my hand in the burning fire, or if not I just might do it ;) > My point was that /etc/crontab is there for the machine, and > per-user crontabs are there for the users --- and that includes > root, so why not use it for what it's for? > > Of course, one of the nice things about BSD, if you know > how and why, you can do it any way you like, almost... Yes, although I do plan on upgrading to 5.3 (from 5.2.1) once it goes to STABLE, so it's probably best if I put this cron job in the primary user's crontab file. - jt
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