From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 14 15:42:17 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6B5537B401 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:42:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.get-linux.org (adsl-64-161-78-226.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [64.161.78.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BB3C043FB1 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:42:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from oremanj@www.get-linux.org) Received: (qmail 53503 invoked by uid 1001); 14 Apr 2003 22:42:24 -0000 Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:42:24 -0700 From: Joshua Oreman To: Evan Dower Message-ID: <20030414224224.GA53479@webserver.get-linux.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fcron vs. cron X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 22:42:18 -0000 On Sun, Apr 13, 2003 at 11:24:07PM -0700 or thereabouts, Evan Dower seemed to write: > Is fcron a drop-in replacement for cron, or does it require more effort > than "portinstall fcron". Fcron uses a different (and possibly easier-to-understand) configuration file format. So, it is NOT a drop-in replacement. > In other words, should I install it now or wait for the weekend? You can install it now, as long as you have a little free time. > Thanks, > Evan Dower Hope this helps, -- Josh