From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 3 06:24:11 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 336F316A543 for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2006 06:24:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ian@codepad.net) Received: from ptb-relay02.plus.net (ptb-relay02.plus.net [212.159.14.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADFC2441C0 for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2006 05:57:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ian@codepad.net) Received: from [80.229.159.44] (helo=[192.168.0.4]) by ptb-relay02.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1FxHRF-0003VD-BX for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 03 Jul 2006 06:57:41 +0100 From: Xian To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 06:57:27 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 References: <20060701125532.GA11839@pythagoras.physics.upatras.gr> <20060702232943.GC10845@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20060702232943.GC10845@wantadilla.lemis.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200607030657.29661.ian@codepad.net> Subject: Re: Root crontab for backup X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 06:24:11 -0000 On Monday 03 July 2006 00:29, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > It's a good idea to leave /etc/periodic as it is; it makes updating > easier. I personally put this sort of thing in /etc/crontab, though > arguably (also because of upgrades) root's crontab is a better place. You can use /usr/ocal/etc/periodic ok -- /Xian "The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible." Albert Einstein