Date: 02 Jan 1998 01:13:50 +0100 From: Jacob Bohn Lorensen <jacob@jblhome.ping.dk> To: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> Cc: Duncan Barclay <dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Revamping /etc/daily, weekly, monthly Message-ID: <871zyru400.fsf@pippin.jblhome.ping.dk> In-Reply-To: Brian Somers's message of Thu, 01 Jan 1998 12:20:37 %2B0000 References: <199801011220.MAA17567@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
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Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> writes: > > Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> writes: > > > [.....] > > > > # do daily/weekly/monthly maintenance > > > > 0 2 * * * once periodic daily 2>&1 | sendmail root > > > > 30 3 * * 6 once periodic weekly 2>&1 | sendmail root > > > > 30 5 1 * * once periodic monthly 2>&1 | sendmail root > > > [.....] > > > I like the idea, but the syntax is bad. It looks way too much like > > > /etc/crontab - except with different meanings. > > I don't think I made myself clear. > You did :^P > I agree with your ideas, but what I'm saying is that /etc/crontab (as > distinct from /var/cron/tabs/* has an extra 6th field - `who'. This I had forgotten all about /etc/crontab (hmmm - what's it for? I don't think my /usr/bin/crontab understands the ``who'' column....? > looks very like your `once' field and would be rather confusing for > someone comparing the two file formats. Then there should be a 7th field in /etc/crontab (corresponding to the 6th field in /var/cron/tabs/*). -- Jacob Lorensen; Mosebuen 33, 1.; DK-2820 Gentofte, Denmark; +45-31560401 PGP ID = E596F0B5; PGP Fingerprint = 1E8726467436DC4A 723B6678C5AD9E71
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