On Monday, 12 November 2012 16:28:58 UTC+2, Nico Zanferrari wrote: > > Well, on the 2.1.0 changelog : > > > - change in cron (it is now disabled by default). removed -N option > and introduced -Y. > > > I have sen something like that, yes.
> Also, in the current online book on > http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/04 you can already read (on > the cron chapter): > > Before web2py 2.1.1, cron was enabled by default and could be disabled with > the -N command line option, Since 2.1.1, cron is disabled by default and > can be enabled by the -Y option. This change was motivated by the desire > to push users toward using the new scheduler (which is superior to the cron > mechanism) and also because cron may impact on performance. > > Interestingly in the Book app (which was updated with git pull this morning) there is nothing about it. Even in the online book there are still numerous references to using -N to disable cron. It should be updated. Regards Johann --
