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- From: skrbec@tophat4.rtsg.mot.com (Brad Skrbec)
- Subject: Re: Is cron going to get better?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.155019.4670@rtsg.mot.com>
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- Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
- References: <1992Jul18.172701.3216@fishbone.uucp>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 15:50:19 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul18.172701.3216@fishbone.uucp>
- grace!fishbone!jdyer@moscom.com (John D. Dyer) writes:
- > Perhaps I'm expecting too much, but I'm very disappointed with the way
- > NeXT has implemented cron. On the NeXT, if cron has been started, only
- > the /etc/crontab, /etc/crontab.local files are checked. These files are
- > accessible only by the SA of the machine. On a SUN SPARCStation, the SA
- > has the ability to add trusted users to a filename to enable them to run
- > their own cron jobs. Each user is able to create, list, and edit
- his/her
- > own crontab. Is NeXT's implementation NeXT specific, or does it go
- deeper
- > than that to mach or bsd? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in
- > advance.
- >
-
- I agree! Are you listening NeXT!!! This cron is old and feeble. I'm a
- hardy NeXT advocate, but the Sun's have had this capability for the
- past few releases. You can create your own crontab, and install it by
- typing "crontab filename". This places "filename" in your
- /usr/spool/cron/crontabs directory, and places it under the
- domain of the cron daemon.
-
- Sure, there are a lot of workarounds, but I'm not buying. I'm
- using state of the art machinery, and I expect the software to
- follow suit. Let's get with the times...
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