[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Cron

Heiko Baums lists at baums-on-web.de
Mon Jan 4 01:39:24 EST 2010


Am Mon, 4 Jan 2010 07:35:35 +0100
schrieb Heiko Baums <lists at baums-on-web.de>:

> I don't know bcron and yacron but I doubt that they have anacron
> features.
> 
> Also fcron supports the
> directories /etc/cron.hourly, /etc/cron.daily, /etc/cron.weekly
> and /etc/cron.monthly. So it's very easy to configure cronjobs. No
> cryptical configuration file anymore. Just put a shell script into one
> of these directories and they will be executed regularly. The old
> configuration method is still possible.

Yacron seems to have anacron features included but I'm not sure if it
supports the directories /etc/cron.hourly etc.

Nevertheless fcron runs perfectly for me.

Greetings,
Heiko


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