On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 03:08:43PM +0200, Jon Haugsand wrote: > RedHat has the directory /etc/cron.hourly, but this is not present in > debian. Why is that?
No idea but can't you use /etc/cron.d/ ? > Should think that clock synchronization is > needed. Especially since most computer clocks drift with at least 5 > second every day. I don't see how this is related to the hourly cron. If you want to avoid computer clocks drift, you should consider proper solution such as the one provided by ntp (see the ntp-simple package). Christophe -- Christophe Barbé <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG FingerPrint: E0F6 FADF 2A5C F072 6AF8 F67A 8F45 2F1E D72C B41E Cats seem go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want. --Joseph Wood Krutch -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]