RE: best practice for crontabs

2004-03-03 Thread Ben Yau
> > Hi, > > I have just figured out that there are 4 separate (types of) crontabs in > debian > > /etc/crontab > /etc/cron.d/... > /etc/cron.daily, monthly, weekly > /var/spool/crontabs/... > > but I'm none the wiser about why there are so many ways to do > such a simple > thing. C

Re: best practice for crontabs

2004-02-25 Thread Paul Morgan
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 18:02:57 +0100, Andreas Janssen wrote: > Hello > > Andy Fish (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > >> I have just figured out that there are 4 separate (types of) crontabs >> in debian >> >> /etc/crontab >> /etc/cron.d/... >> /etc/cron.daily, monthly, weekly >> /var

Re: best practice for crontabs

2004-02-25 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Andy Fish (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I have just figured out that there are 4 separate (types of) crontabs > in debian > > /etc/crontab > /etc/cron.d/... > /etc/cron.daily, monthly, weekly > /var/spool/crontabs/... > > but I'm none the wiser about why there are so many

best practice for crontabs

2004-02-25 Thread Andy Fish
Hi, I have just figured out that there are 4 separate (types of) crontabs in debian /etc/crontab /etc/cron.d/... /etc/cron.daily, monthly, weekly /var/spool/crontabs/... but I'm none the wiser about why there are so many ways to do such a simple thing. Can anyone enlighten me as