On Fri, 20 Aug 1999 at 02:00, julio wrote about "Re: [PROPOSAL] Directories...":
> > 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. This really should be documented -- if that's the case. > > 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. Then why not have it be in the home directory of each user in a sub-directory there. Just like ~/public_html is done with Apache. But if crontab does what it said above -- then is there any need for this? -- Brock Rozen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Director of Technical Services (410) 602-1350 Project Genesis http://www.torah.org/
