On Fri, Aug 20, 1999 at 09:22:38PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > Julio wrote: > > init scritps, I'd like to propose the creation of a mechanism to handle > > user init scripts. Some users actually need to have persistent processes > > between reboots, and using similar functionalities for the system init > > mechanisms could be interesting. > > 0 * * * * generate_web_stats > @reboot eggdrop > > That second line (I think I got it right), is valid in a crontab file and > makes the job be run on reboot. (This is documented only in the cron source > -- did you know @yearly, @monthly, @midnight, etc are valid too?)
Thanks for the tip, I didn't knew crontab could be used for that. > > > To make things easier, this could be > > implemented using a single user dir (something like .rc.d) to contain the > > user scripts. These scripts would run after all the regular system init > > scripts (for the 'unlocked' users). > > Sysadmins everywhere would curse us if we put a globally writable directory > in /etc, which is on the root filesystem which is often pretty tightly > locked down. Maybe I haven't made my idea clear enough. .rc.d would be created on a per-user basis. > > -- > see shy jo > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
