Hi Bob, OK I'll try it but have a question.
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 01:28:04PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Mike McClain wrote: > > ... and haven't seen any way to get files in /etc/cron.d/ run at > > specific times. > > The format of the /etc/cron.d/ files is the same format as the > /etc/crontab. Whatever lines you would put into /etc/crontab you > would simply put into a file in /etc/cron.d instead. No difference. <snip> man cron says: 'In general, the admin should not use /etc/cron.d/, but use the standard system crontab /etc/crontab.' I called it /etc/cron.d/local and from reading 'man run-parts' description of file names think that is not going to be a problem. True? < very clear explanation snipped > Thanks, Mike -- Satisfied user of Linux since 1997. O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120720203141.GA3140@playground