Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 09:34:08 -0500 From: rjk@sparcmill.grauel.com (Richard J Kuhns) To: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com> Cc: andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu (Annelise Anderson), freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@shell.monmouth.com Subject: The crontab controversy Message-ID: <199606271434.JAA17453@sparcmill.grauel.com> In-Reply-To: <199606262358.TAA21815@shell.monmouth.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960626150317.593A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> <199606262358.TAA21815@shell.monmouth.com>
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pechter@shell.monmouth.com writes: > > My fellow FreeBSD folks: > > <begin soapbox mode> > > It's time we took a stand. yes > Isn't it time we abandon the two methods of handling crontabs.? yes > 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? > In order of preference, 1 3 2 4. Method 1 (/var/cron/tabs/*) offers the greatest versatility and consistency; it's sole disadvantage, as far as I can see, is that it requires root to execute one additional commmand when changing the system crontab file: "crontab new_crontab". I'd even be willing to argue that this is a Good Thing. Furthermore, a crontab file is a crontab file is a crontab file. This makes it easier to write a script that (syntactically) verifies crontab files before installing them. -- Rich Kuhns rjk@grauel.com PO Box 6249 Tel: (317)477-6000 x319 100 Sawmill Road Lafayette, IN 47903
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