Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 08:59:43 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Root crontab for backup Message-ID: <20060702232943.GC10845@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20060701125532.GA11839@pythagoras.physics.upatras.gr> References: <20060701125532.GA11839@pythagoras.physics.upatras.gr>
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--EBUAyYbgySJLQCwI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Saturday, 1 July 2006 at 15:55:32 +0300, Kostas Blekos wrote: > > Is it a bad idea to use root's crontab for backup scripts? I can't see why. > Is it better to put those scripts in periodic/... ? It's a good idea to leave /etc/periodic as it is; it makes updating easier. I personally put this sort of thing in /etc/crontab, though arguably (also because of upgrades) root's crontab is a better place. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --EBUAyYbgySJLQCwI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEqFbnIubykFB6QiMRAtZQAKCRl4xn+KEUcQxfYYB2Nnc83fDoYQCdGESH Yw9VPGC45c+iG+yWlU+VJ2w= =7vFs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --EBUAyYbgySJLQCwI--
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