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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 10:38:50 -0500 (EST)
From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To: Ertan Kucukoglu <ertank@ozlerplastik.com>
Subject: RE: crontab entries
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On 28-Feb-00 Ertan Kucukoglu wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have problems with periodic command in crontab file.
> ---
># do daily/weekly/monthly maintenance
> 59  1   *   *   *   root    periodic daily 2>&1 | sendmail root
> 30  3   *   *   6   root    periodic weekly 2>&1 | sendmail root
> 30  5   1   *   *   root    periodic monthly 2>&1 | sendmail root
> ---
> 
> I see the man page of periodic command. It says 'periodic runs the
> executable scripts and files in the specified directory.' The default
> directory is /etc/periodic.
> 
> I have cron jobs setup to run between Monday and Saturday but not
> Sunday. This periodic command runs my scripts every day although I
> didn't put my scripts anywhere in /etc/periodic/

Where did you put your scripts?  It also runs scripts in
/usr/local/etc/periodic and I think /usr/X11R6/etc/periodic.  Also, what
do the entries in crontab for your other cron jobs look like?

> I want to disable those lines, but not sure if this leads to some
> problems.
> 
> Regards,
> --
> Ertan Kucukoglu
> ertank@ozlerplastik.com
> 
> 
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