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Date:      Mon, 11 Dec 2000 10:55:06 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Mark Huizer <freebsd@dohd.org>
Cc:        Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc crontab
Message-ID:  <20001211105505.D16205@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <20001211182239.B20131@eeyore.local.dohd.org>; from freebsd@dohd.org on Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 06:22:40PM %2B0100
References:  <200012101254.eBACsZu99303@freefall.freebsd.org> <20001210052846.E16205@fw.wintelcom.net> <20001210171009.B1675@hades.hell.gr> <20001211182239.B20131@eeyore.local.dohd.org>

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* Mark Huizer <freebsd@dohd.org> [001211 09:22] wrote:
> > 
> > 1      3       2-31    *       1-5,7   root    periodic daily
> > 1      3       2-31    *       6       root    periodic daily weekly
> > 1      3       1       *       1-5,7   root    periodic daily monthly
> > 1      3       1       *       6       root    periodic daily weekly monthly
> > 
> > This will make sure that the succession of scripts will start at 03:01
> > and run (in this order), daily -> weekly -> monthly.  The rules that I
> > followed are:
> > 
> 
> Isn't it kind of easier to let periodic use a lock in /var/lock or
> something and synchronize that way?

It seems like more of a hack than actually just using the correct
crontab config.

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."


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