From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Apr 7 07:54:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA04955 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 7 Apr 1998 07:54:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from whistle.com (s205m131.whistle.com [207.76.205.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA04945 for ; Tue, 7 Apr 1998 07:54:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw@whistle.com) Received: (from smap@localhost) by whistle.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) id HAA06584 for ; Tue, 7 Apr 1998 07:53:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pau-amma.whistle.com(207.76.205.64) by whistle.com via smap (V1.3) id sma006580; Tue Apr 7 07:53:46 1998 Received: (from dhw@localhost) by pau-amma.whistle.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA27331 for hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 7 Apr 1998 07:53:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw) Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 07:53:46 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <199804071453.HAA27331@pau-amma.whistle.com> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Daylight Savings Time - bug Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >From: Archie Cobbs >Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 22:38:05 -0700 (PDT) >Some cron entries are "meant" to run once every day (month, >hour, whatever) e.g. /etc/daily. Others are meant to run once, >at the specified time (e.g., on April 15, remind me that my >taxes are due). Which behavior you choose makes one of these >types work but not the other. Yes (though the example is more suited to calendar than cron -- but then, calendar is run by cron...). >I agree that /etc/daily and friends should be scheduled to >run at some time other than between 2am and 3am. Quite. david -- David Wolfskill dhw@whistle.com (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 401-0168 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message