On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 1:26 AM, Tomek WaÅaszek <[email protected]>wrote: > > Sorry for the top post > I'm just trying to understand why there is a unix-domain socket for > reloading the cron if without the socket (rm /var/cron/tabs/.sock) cron > will reload new jobs. >
If you're wondering why the developer added it, you should check the commit logs. Since OpenBSD's cron is derived from Vixie cron, you may need to dig through the Vixie cron changelogs. If you're wondering why it still uses a unix-domain socket: 1) the socket is used for more than just "reload". check the source for the details 2) will the periodic scan notice a change if the clock jumps between the change and the scan? What if the scan happens at the same moment as the change? what if there are two changes in the same second, and the scan takes place between them? How confident are you that the scan doesn't have a corner case? 3) is there a problem with it? Philip Guenther
