Pietro Cerutti writes:
> | I
> | have a package done up for it, and I'd like to add it to the ports tree
> | eventually, but I'm stuck on how to get it to automagically add the
> | cronjob to have the stats gathering script run every five minutes, and I
> | don't know of any ports that add cronjobs off the top of my head to go
> | look at.
> |
> | Is there an approved standard for doing this?
>
> Another option would be to create a support script/daemon and
> place it in rc.d. The script/daemon would then sit idle and wake
> up once every <your preferred time here> and gather your
> statistics.
>
> Third option: instruct the user (via a message at post-install
> stage) on how to setup the cron job.
I would _much_ prefer either of these. The idea of adding a
cron job - even if there's a message displayed at the end of
installation - makes me nervous.
Robert Huff
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