* Christoph Berg: > Re: Florian Weimer in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> I'd like to create a cron entry which is run once a day, at some >> random time. This is necessary because the cron entry will result in >> a request over the network, and I want to avoid that all hosts in a >> time zone pound the server at the same time. > > I guess it is ok if you create a fixed entry for a machine, and the > different entries on different machines will then do the load > balancing. Just pick two random numbers and put them in /etc/cron.d/.
Hmm, should the postrm script delete it during purge? It's not a conffile, and I don't like changing files under /etc automatically. > Keep in mind that Debian users usually expect that daily cronjobs will > still be run if the machine is down at night and anacron is installed. > You might want to add an additional @reboot job. It's a bit more complicated than that because the program needs network access, which might not be available at that point. I probably need to put something under /etc/ppp/ip-up.d, too, and write a small script which makes sure that the whole thing is only run once per day. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
