Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 20:17:58 +0100 From: Jon Povey <spamfilter@sullen.demon.co.uk> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: proposed change for /etc/periodic/* scripts Message-ID: <37C2EFE6.5613A1B6@sullen.demon.co.uk> References: <XFMail.990823203120.dmlb@computer.my.domain>
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Duncan Barclay wrote: > On 23-Aug-99 Cillian Sharkey wrote: > > > > yes perhaps an /etc/periodic.conf would be good, to control the level > > of verbosity and/or set options for each script ? > > I've hacked periodic here so that the scripts can be turned off with knobs in > a periodic.conf file. This would simplify customizing new installitions - one > no longer needs to add exit 0 to scripts. how about changing the output format; the top of the emailed report could contain a digest saying "everything's okay" for those who didn't want to read through the whole thing, then the rest of the report could have the usual verbose information. Then the digest could be made Even More concise, having brief lines like "disk free space changed" if it had, instead of the whole df output. then, if you wanted to know what had happened, you look to the rest of the email. if you want to ignore in certain notifications in the digest, you can. > Duncan -- Jon Povey - spamfilter@sullen.demon.co.uk "Doesn't all this crap just make you want to hurl?" - Netscape example app-defaults To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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