"Jim C. Nasby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 12:07:21PM -0500, Greg Stark wrote: > > > > Csaba Nagy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Now, cron isn't exactly part of the OS, is it ? > > > > Yes, it is. > > Depends on how you define 'OS'. Linux is nothing but a kernel afterall,
That just means Linux isn't an OS all by itself. A kernel isn't very usable without, say, init, a shell, etc. A periodic job scheduler has traditionally been in that list of base elements of the OS. -- greg ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
