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flickerfly
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Joined: 08 Nov 2002
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 Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 3:53 pm Post subject: fcron: Worth the move? |
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I looked around at my cron options. I'm currently using the tried and true vixie-cron. I understand fcron is more flexible. I'm interested in hearing if anyone has converted and how their experience was.
Do you find the different options to clutter the simplicity or do they really add value to your cron experience?
Do you find that you make use of the added functionality?
Does it replace atd as well for you?
Here's a link for those interested:
http://fcron.free.fr/description.php
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Chaosite
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| Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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Its just a cron daemon...
"Cron experience", yeah right...
Apparently, the thing that makes it different from vixie-cron is that it can run based on system uptime, not just a preset time.
Also, it can handle running missed jobs on startup. nice.
If you need the features, switch. Else don't bother... |
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flickerfly
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mstockin
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Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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Location: Passau, Germany
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I used it to monthly log the amount of my network traffic:
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&bootrun 0 0 24 * * /sbin/iptables -L -v -Z DSLTRAFFIC > /var/log/DSLTRAFFIC_`date '+%Y-%m-%d_%B'`
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If the machine isn't running at the specified time, the 'bootrun' option says, that the command should be run at next boottime. |
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