Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 22:22:51 +1100 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> To: Igor Roshchin <igor@alecto.physics.uiuc.edu> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/crontab Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.980221221904.776o@panda.hilink.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199802210015.SAA05624@alecto.physics.uiuc.edu>
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On Fri, 20 Feb 1998, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > Since people are discussing what they want to see in 2.2.6, > I decided to repeat my old posting since it went unnoticed > (there were neither positive nor negative response to it) > > /etc/crontab: > > # do daily/weekly/monthly maintenance > 0 2 * * * root /etc/daily 2>&1 | sendmail root > > This script will not work once a year, and twice a day on another day, This is a bug in cron(8), not in crontab(5) or /etc/daily. There is a rumour that someone has patches to cron which will correct this; would that person please make him/herself known so the patches can be reviewed and committed. /* Daniel O'Callaghan */ /* HiLink Internet <http://www.hilink.com.au/>; danny@hilink.com.au */ /* FreeBSD - works hard, plays hard... danny@freebsd.org */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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