Re: Replace cron with systemd timer unit?

2017-08-04 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 9:19 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > If the cron job is removed – necessarily entailed by “replace it”, > surely? – then how can they continue to use it after it is replaced by > something else? I would discourage removal of the cron job, but it could still be replaced by a

Re: Replace cron with systemd timer unit?

2017-08-03 Thread Ben Finney
Ben Hildred <426...@gmail.com> writes: > On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 11:20 AM, Ricardo Fraile wrote: > > > The tuptime package have a cron file in it and I am thinking on > > replace it with a systemd timer unit. Paul Wise writes: > On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 1:53

Re: Replace cron with systemd timer unit?

2017-08-03 Thread Adam Borowski
On Thu, Aug 03, 2017 at 11:24:40AM -0700, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote: > The Arch Wiki > > shows how you can integrate email notifications with .timer Yes, but Arch is systemd only, while Debian (thanks Eris!) is not.

Re: Replace cron with systemd timer unit?

2017-08-03 Thread PICCORO McKAY Lenz
this will change all the way whitin debian can be a unix like! its enought of systemd intrution! Lenz McKAY Gerardo (PICCORO) http://qgqlochekone.blogspot.com 2017-08-03 14:24 GMT-04:00 Herminio Hernandez, Jr. < herminio.hernande...@gmail.com>: > The Arch Wiki >

Re: Replace cron with systemd timer unit?

2017-08-03 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
The Arch Wiki shows how you can integrate email notifications with .timer On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Paul Wise wrote: > On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 1:20 PM, Ricardo Fraile wrote: > > > I like some

Re: Replace cron with systemd timer unit?

2017-08-03 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 1:53 PM, Ben Hildred wrote: > You do realise that there are people who do not run systemd? They can use the cron job as usual. -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

Re: Replace cron with systemd timer unit?

2017-08-03 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 1:20 PM, Ricardo Fraile wrote: > I like some aspects of the .timer, but I don't know if the change is a good > idea or not at this moment? There are any other package that has changed > from cron to .timer? What is the official recomendation? One significant difference

Re: Replace cron with systemd timer unit?

2017-08-03 Thread Ben Hildred
On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 11:20 AM, Ricardo Fraile wrote: > Hi, > > > The tuptime package have a cron file in it and I am thinking on replace it > with a systemd timer unit. > > In the Debian Policy there are only references to cron, the same as in the > Developers Reference

Replace cron with systemd timer unit?

2017-08-03 Thread Ricardo Fraile
Hi, The tuptime package have a cron file in it and I am thinking on replace it with a systemd timer unit. In the Debian Policy there are only references to cron, the same as in the Developers Reference Guide and Maintainer Guide. I like some aspects of the .timer, but I don't know if the