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The Thursday 2007-05-10 at 02:36 +0200, Joachim Schrod wrote:

> > /etc/cron.d seems to be rarely
> > used by anything in SuSE , and seems to be a bit of an anomaly as its
> > effective role is covered by /etc/crontab and the /etc/cron.<time>
> > directories. I presume it is still there for standards related reasons.
> 
> No, sorry, not at all. /etc/cron.d/ is *very* valuable.
> 
> It is needed if one
>  (a) wants to be able to install and de-install a cron file without
>      changing /etc/crontab, e.g., by a package,

In fact, several SuSE packages use it; at least: cacti, seccheck, moodle, 
and awstats

- -- 
Cheers,
       Carlos E. R.

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