From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 1 12:50:37 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8265816A4CE; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 12:50:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from repoman.freebsd.org (repoman.freebsd.org [216.136.204.115]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0322843F93; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 12:50:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sergei@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repoman.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by repoman.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hA1KoaXJ081626; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 12:50:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sergei@repoman.freebsd.org) Received: (from sergei@localhost) by repoman.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id hA1KoaFB081625; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 12:50:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sergei) Message-Id: <200311012050.hA1KoaFB081625@repoman.freebsd.org> From: Sergei Kolobov Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 12:50:36 -0800 (PST) To: ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org X-FreeBSD-CVS-Branch: HEAD Subject: cvs commit: ports/sysutils Makefile ports/sysutils/runwhen Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist ports/sysutils/runwhen/files patch-compile X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 20:50:37 -0000 sergei 2003/11/01 12:50:36 PST FreeBSD ports repository Modified files: sysutils Makefile Added files: sysutils/runwhen Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist sysutils/runwhen/files patch-compile Log: Add runwhen 2003.10.31, tools for running commands at particular times. The biggest difference between runwhen and other schedulers is that runwhen doesn't have a single daemon overseeing multiple jobs. The runwhen tools essentially act as a glorified sleep command. Perhaps runwhen does nothing that at(1) doesn't, and there are lots of things at(1) does that runwhen doesn't: - runwhen doesn't change user IDs - thus it will never run anything as the wrong user. - It doesn't keep a central daemon running at all times - thus it won't break if that daemon dies. - It doesn't require any modifications to the system boot procedure. - It doesn't log through syslog(3) - thus it won't make a mess on the console if syslogd(1) isn't running. - It doesn't centralize storage of scheduled jobs (or any other per-job information) - thus unprivileged users can install and use it without cooperation from root, and without the use of a setuid program to handle changes. - It doesn't send output through mail - thus it doesn't break if there is no mail system installed. - It doesn't check access control files - thus it doesn't gratuitously deny users. Author: Paul Jarc WWW: http://multivac.cwru.edu/runwhen/ PR: 58789 Submitted by: David Thiel Revision Changes Path 1.445 +1 -0 ports/sysutils/Makefile 1.1 +44 -0 ports/sysutils/runwhen/Makefile (new) 1.1 +1 -0 ports/sysutils/runwhen/distinfo (new) 1.1 +14 -0 ports/sysutils/runwhen/files/patch-compile (new) 1.1 +24 -0 ports/sysutils/runwhen/pkg-descr (new) 1.1 +16 -0 ports/sysutils/runwhen/pkg-plist (new)