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Re: [Sheflug] suggestions for a cron daemon



On Wed, 29 May 2002 10:47:11 +1200 (NZST)
Richard Stevenson <richard.stevenson [at] team.xtra.co.nz> wrote:

> On Tue, 28 May 2002, Chris J wrote:
> 
> > > Does anybody have any suggestions for a good cron (preferably
> > > compatible with vixie cron)?
> >
> > What's wrong with using vixie cron itself ? Anyhow ...
> 
> I'd be curious to know this, too :)

Because it's ancient...

Vixie cron 3.0p1 it is then. I had some difficulty tracking down the
source but amazingly with only some minor modifications it compiles and
appears to work.

<quote README>

December 27, 1993

<snip>

This is a version of 'cron' that is known to run on BSD 4.[23] systems.

</quote>

--Andrew

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