> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 18:08, Liangent wrote: > > After some check I thought the fact was: > > * I install my crontab on nightshade crontab (when it was still running Linux) > * nightshade is re-installed as Solaris and my crontab gets lost > * River publishes a notice and askes us to type 'cronie > crontab.before_nightshade_reinstall' > * I do it on willow but forget these things and think everything is > still the same as what it was before nightshade-reinstall > * cronie daemon stops working > * I run crontab -e on nightshade (I remembered incorrectly that I'm > using crontab on nightshade) > * I find my crontab empty and think there's something wrong on nightshade > * I install crontab.before_nightshade_reinstall on willow crontab > * at the same time DaB. publishes the notice that he stopped cronie > and restarted it > * I don't remember the existence of cronie and think he's talking about > crontab > * Now my jobs run twice. I think one runs on willow and another on nightshade > * I check my crontab on willow and nightshade and make sure only one exists. > * I still find my jobs run twice so I send the mail. > > -Liangent
Yes, that makes things even more complex. You may like this alias I have in my .bashrc: alias crontab=cronie _______________________________________________ Toolserver-l mailing list ([email protected]) https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l Posting guidelines for this list: https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Mailing_list_etiquette
