Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 21:08:49 +1000 From: "Don Hansford" <donh@halenet.com.au> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: cron Message-ID: <000701bf1a22$53868bc0$382137cb@igor> References: <000801bf1a20$1a2a03e0$3c0ca7d1@lalala>
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Cron is short for chronological (to do with time). Also Father Times' "pet" name is/was "Old Man Cron" Regards Don Hansford <Igor> Downs Unix Group ----- Original Message ----- From: Martin M <lalala@globalserve.net> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 8:52 PM Subject: cron > Why is it called a "CRON" job? I've noticed that there is a reason for > just about every name in UNIX, but I still fail to see what Conan the > barbarian's warrior god has to do with anything... I didn't know Cimmerians > even used computers... > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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