Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 19:58:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com> To: andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu (Annelise Anderson), freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-hackers@shell.monmouth.com Subject: The crontab controversy Message-ID: <199606262358.TAA21815@shell.monmouth.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960626150317.593A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> from "Annelise Anderson" at Jun 26, 96 03:07:32 pm
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> > /etc/crontab is not meant to be installed via crontab(1) - it is special
> > in two ways: it is automatically read by cron and it has a different
> > format than individual user crontab files.
> I'm desperate enough to try anything right now. Thanks.
>
> Annelise
>
>
> >
> > It's confusing behavior...
> >
> > Guy Helmer, Dakota State University Computing Services - ghelmer@alpha.dsu.edu
>
My fellow FreeBSD folks:
<begin soapbox mode>
It's time we took a stand.
Isn't it time we abandon the two methods of handling crontabs.?
I'm a fan of OS/x and Pyramid dual universe stuff (which I will add to
Freebsd -- think universe bsd and universe gnu/linux) and EVEN I think ONE
crontab method is enough for anyone.
Should we:
1. Declare the ATT method the winner.
2. Declare the BSD method (the REAL original crontab) the winner.
3. Make the installation program remove one or the other at install
(put /var/cront/tabs/root in with the same actions as /etc/crontab
and have the install remove one or the other)
4. Ignore the problem and trap the users/admins?
I'd support 1 or 3 and live with 2 (and hate 4)
<soapbox mode off>
Bill
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