Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:51:18 -0400 (EDT) From: vogelke+unix@pobox.com (Karl Vogel) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: location of user crontab files? Message-ID: <20090812175118.3A828B7B7@kev.msw.wpafb.af.mil> In-Reply-To: <20090812093114.GB88171@ei.bzerk.org> (message from Ruben de Groot on Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:31:14 %2B0200)
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>> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 07:21:08PM -0400, Karl Vogel typed: K> If you're using individual crontab files, be sure to rename /etc/crontab K> or you might have duplicated cronjobs running simultaneously. >> On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:31:14 +0200, Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> >> said: R> I don't think this is sound advise. Leaving /etc/crontab (the system R> crontab) to do the system maintenance jobs it is supposed to do and R> putting additional scripts and jobs in user tabs is normal practice and R> won't cause any problems. I don't like keeping similar information in multiple places (especially in different formats) because you have to access it in different ways. If I change my own crontab file using "crontab -e", I want to do root's the same way; it's just one less exception for me to remember. -- Karl Vogel I don't speak for the USAF or my company The idea that 'the public interest' supersedes private interests and rights can have but one meaning: that the interests and rights of some individuals take precedence over the interests and rights of others. --Ayn Rand
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