Hi Bob, On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 04:32:03PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Mike McClain wrote: > > I've a cron job run daily from /etc/crontab, > > Instead of using the BSD-style interface let me strongly encourage you > to start using the newer Vixie-cron-style interface of /etc/cron.d/ > where they can be separate and individual files. That way the file > can be dropped into place on a new installation or removed when > cleaning up. That is easier and cleaner than manually editing the > /etc/crontab file and working around the existing entries.
I've only added 3 lines to crontab and haven't seen any way to get files in /etc/cron.d/ run at specific times. I can see how /etc/cron.d/ helps developers who want their packages cron jobs run but don't see how it would benefit me who have physical access to the hardware. <snip> Thanks for your thoughts, Mike -- Satisfied user of Linux since 1997. O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120720171108.GA2695@playground
