[arch-general] About cron utility

[Heiko Baums]

Am Sat, 7 Jan 2012 13:29:12 +0530
schrieb gt <codered12 at 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