From owner-cvs-all Sun Nov 19 19:16: 2 2000 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mail.gmx.net (pop.gmx.net [194.221.183.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6274F37B479 for ; Sun, 19 Nov 2000 19:15:59 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 14404 invoked by uid 0); 20 Nov 2000 03:15:57 -0000 Received: from p3ee21607.dip.t-dialin.net (HELO speedy.gsinet) (62.226.22.7) by mail.gmx.net (mail06) with SMTP; 20 Nov 2000 03:15:57 -0000 Received: (from sittig@localhost) by speedy.gsinet (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA10624 for cvs-all@FreeBSD.org; Sun, 19 Nov 2000 21:40:08 +0100 Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 21:40:08 +0100 From: Gerhard Sittig To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc crontab Message-ID: <20001119214008.Z27042@speedy.gsinet> References: <200011191816.KAA81473@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <200011191816.KAA81473@freefall.freebsd.org>; from dougb@FreeBSD.org on Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 10:16:47AM -0800 Organization: System Defenestrators Inc. Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 10:16 -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > dougb 2000/11/19 10:16:47 PST > > Modified files: > etc crontab > Log: > When to run the periodic/daily event has had several rounds of discussion > over the past couple years. The most recent came to the general consensus > that this was the best time, but no one actually made the change, so I'll > don my asbestos undies and dive in. Recalling the thread I thought the best solution would have been the OpenBSD approach with a little logic in cron(8) to not start a single cronjob multiple times (or even better: to start it exactly once by even starting it when its time frame is skipped in this special night). Extending the program's code would make *any* time in crontab work -- even the previously setup one. :) virtually yours 82D1 9B9C 01DC 4FB4 D7B4 61BE 3F49 4F77 72DE DA76 Gerhard Sittig true | mail -s "get gpg key" Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net -- If you don't understand or are scared by any of the above ask your parents or an adult to help you. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message