Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:33:26 +0200 From: Pietro Cerutti <gahr@FreeBSD.org> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: David Hawthorne <dhawth@bitgravity.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about ports adding cronjobs Message-ID: <485849C6.5040708@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <18520.18635.747302.473408@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <746214C8-3863-4B29-8B01-230579284C76@bitgravity.com> <4858428A.80502@FreeBSD.org> <18520.18635.747302.473408@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Robert Huff wrote: | 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. I didn't meant "you add the cronjob and inform the user", but instead "you inform the user how he can setup the cronjob, if he wants so". Anyway, I agree with you. | | | Robert Huff | - -- Pietro Cerutti gahr@FreeBSD.org PGP Public Key: http://gahr.ch/pgp -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEAREKAAYFAkhYScUACgkQwMJqmJVx947oOgCfSSezN97mpCgvAxhFyKCsRbBj j64AoLYgmZvSz+SNtOmpB4dZPOusmvxY =kT9k -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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