Michel D�nzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ethan Benson wrote: > > > > does cron not check /etc/cron.d often? i know you can drop files in > > there and cron will use them without restarting it so it must check > > this somehow... > > According to the manpage it does so every minute, and I haven't found a way > around this so it could be the showstopper.
If you mount with 'noatime', this should not cause a problem--cron.d and its files will live in cache, and you'll never hit the disk. -Doug
