Subject: Re: /var/cron -> /etc/cron
To: Paul Goyette <paul@whooppee.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: current-users
Date: 04/09/1999 09:18:11
crontab would have to contact cron to get this information,
and thus would not be able to work if cron was down.
(Just a thought)
David/absolute
"Its just another ultimate battle of good against evil..."
On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Paul Goyette wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Simon Burge wrote:
>
> > ... Hmm, as I type
> > this, another idea comes to mind - what about a command line argument
> > ("-d" seems reasonable) for setting ${CRONDIR} in /etc/rc.conf? Is this
> > a win-win all around?
>
> Now, finally, something in this discussion that makes sense! Yes,
> by all means, this soundsl ike a _very_ good idea! Perhaps we could
> also add a "-m <size>" option to implement Curt's recently added size
> limitation? And some other flag to indicate whether root or the user
> owns his/her crontab file?
>
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