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From: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@roguetrader.com>
To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
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Subject: Re: /etc/*.conf file for daily/weekly/security etc maintenance 
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On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Mike Smith wrote:

> > Just curious, why dont we create a .conf file in /etc like the rc.conf,
> > but for daily maintenance--allow people to easilly enable/disable options
> > without having to get in and make lots of changes to the
> > daily/weekly/monthly/security/whatnot files?  I've been doing this sortof
> > thing with my own changes, where the config file is /etc/janitor.conf,
> > in the same format as /etc/rc.conf (but for periodic
> > janitorial/maintenance items).
> 
> Just propose your extensions to rc.conf; everything should be in there.

I thought about it, but is it appropriate?  rc.conf is for startup things,
no?  regular maintenance.. *shrug*