Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 13:55:44 -0600 From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1012506945.830f86@mired.org> To: Christian Sauer <sauerc@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question about /etc/periodic.conf Message-ID: <15443.2496.918511.507772@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <113003757@toto.iv>
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Christian Sauer <sauerc@yahoo.com> types: > Hello all, > > I recently wrote a shell script that does a cvsup for my ports tree, and > I put the script in the /etc/periodic/weekly folder. I decided to > follow suit with the other periodic scripts and added to the top of mine: > > if [ -r /etc/defaults/periodic.conf ] > then > . /etc/defaults/periodic.conf > source_periodic_confs > fi > > so I could control my script through the conf files. Instead of editing > any of the confs in /etc/defaults/, I created /etc/periodic.conf which > /etc/defaults/periodic.conf lists as a local override file. I only put > the options for my script in /etc/periodic.conf and left everything else > to run on the defaults. > > problem is, now when the periodic jobs kick off, I keep getting "YES: > not found" listed in the log files that are mailed to me. Your /etc/periodic.conf file is broken, and trying to run the YES command. Without seeing the file, I can't say more. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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