Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:51:01 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Andrew D <andrewd@webzone.net.au> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> Subject: Re: Crontab and adjkerntz. Message-ID: <48B43475.600@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <48B415A2.1090002@webzone.net.au> References: <48B40D99.20309@eskk.nu> <48B415A2.1090002@webzone.net.au>
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Andrew D wrote:
> Leslie Jensen wrote:
>> I have a machine that only runs during office hours. I've rescheduled
>> the periodic jobs in crontab so that they run when the machine is on.
>>
>> My question is can I reschedule the adjkerntz job as well, without
>> causing any problems? I'm concerned because the job is set to run 12
>> times during night time, and I'm thinking that maybe it's a resource
>> hog and therefore it's not advisible to run it when one uses the machine?
>>
>
> adjkerntz is used for adjusting the time when daylight savings starts
> and finishes. I wouldn't worry about it as the system runs it on boot up.
... and if your CMOS clock is set to UTC, then adjkerntz is a no-op anyhow.
Cheers,
Matthew
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