From owner-cvs-all Mon Dec 11 10:58:42 2000 From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 11 10:58:38 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2679E37B400; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 10:58:38 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id eBBIt6Q08299; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 10:55:06 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 10:55:06 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Mark Huizer Cc: Giorgos Keramidas , Dag-Erling Smorgrav , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc crontab Message-ID: <20001211105505.D16205@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <200012101254.eBACsZu99303@freefall.freebsd.org> <20001210052846.E16205@fw.wintelcom.net> <20001210171009.B1675@hades.hell.gr> <20001211182239.B20131@eeyore.local.dohd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20001211182239.B20131@eeyore.local.dohd.org>; from freebsd@dohd.org on Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 06:22:40PM +0100 Sender: bright@fw.wintelcom.net Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Mark Huizer [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." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message