2014-05-15 9:32 GMT+02:00 Philip Guenther <[email protected]>: > 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 > >
Point number 2 answers my question ;) thanks
