The current default gentoo crontab file is as below; <snip> */15 * * * * /usr/bin/test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons 0 * * * * rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly 0 0 * * * rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.daily 0 0 * * 6 rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.weekly 0 0 1 * * rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.monthly <snip>
What is the point/purpose of the run-crons script and its associated /var/spool/cron/ lock files? Why is the crontab not just something like below? <snip> 0 * * * * run-parts /etc/cron.hourly 0 0 * * * run-parts /etc/cron.daily 0 0 * * 6 run-parts /etc/cron.weekly 0 0 1 * * run-parts /etc/cron.monthly <snip> Cheers, Nick -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
