Am Sat, 7 Jan 2012 13:29:12 +0530 schrieb gt <codered12@gmail.com>:
I am using dcron, and am quite satisfied with it. Can you elaborate why you recommend fcron, i might switch.
Usually I wouldn't say something like RTFM, but since I don't want to start such a long discussion about this topic again, I think you should read the thread the original poster has already linked to (the first 5 or 6 postings should be sufficient). Almost every argument for or against the various cron daemons have been given there. http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/2011-April/019282.html Here's another comparison between the cron daemons: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/cron-guide.xml And regarding fcron in particular I suggest reading this: http://fcron.free.fr/description.php Heiko