Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 03:04:25 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: adding to periodic/weekly Message-ID: <19990728030422.I7349@welearn.com.au>
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I want to add some maintenance tasks to be run weekly (maybe daily ones too). There seem to be at least five ways to do this: Just add it to the system crontab - Can run at a different time, if necessary. Leaves periodic unmolested. - Separates it from other weeklies, could become lost or confusing. Add it to /etc/periodic/weekly/999.local - This might be what the file is intended for. - Maybe I shouldn't clutter that file. Create /etc/weekly.local and put it in there - It's tempting because 999.local picks it up if present. - Comment says this is only for backward compatibility. Add another file /etc/periodic/weekly/<high number>.whatever - Can keep it away from existing sequence, or insert if necessary - Future upgrades might add files using the numbers I choose Put it in a numbered file under /usr/local/etc/periodic/weekly/ - This seems to be what it's intended for, but nobody said I could - Path is already in rc.conf but doesn't exist, not sure why not used - Can't find doc on its use, e.g. run in path order? unique numbers required? Which method is generally best, and why? Are any of these methods really naughty? -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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