Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 09:23:25 -0500 From: "Otter" <otterr@telocity.com> To: "'Cliff Sarginson'" <cliff@raggedclown.net>, <igorr@crosswinds.net>, "'FreeBSD'" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: 4.2-STABLE (Feb 4 2000): pcm hiccups Message-ID: <000c01c091da$b3757010$1401a8c0@zoso> In-Reply-To: <E14QqHX-000Hiw-00@post.mail.nl.demon.net>
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Cliff, FYI: tkcron (found in the ports collection) makes adding/editing cron jobs almost idiot-proof. Then another thought comes to mind: "Make something idiot-proof and someone else will just make a better idiot." =] It's worth looking into if you're not sure how to setup cron jobs manually. -Otter -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Cliff Sarginson Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 7:35 AM To: igorr@crosswinds.net; FreeBSD Subject: 4.2-STABLE (Feb 4 2000): pcm hiccups > On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 04:35:00PM +1000, Robert wrote: > > What it does mean is that even if one does a cvsup on a weekly basis say, > > then the _sources_ are always up to date, and IF one then needs to do an > > update/upgrade/kernel build whatever, then one is always using the latest > > sources. Now THAT makes sense. So I can go ahead an set up a cron job, that > > simply calls the cvsup/supfile say once a week. Can you give this dummy (I mean me!) the command line for that.. I find myself in a lot of confusion about this.. *sigh* Cliff > Edit /etc/weekly.local and you don't need setup cronjob. > > -- > Igor Robul, Unix System Administrator & Programmer @ sanatorium "Raduga", > Sochi, Russia > http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=304744 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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