Re: [cobalt-developers] Raq 4 scheduled backup using ftp , set start time ?

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve Werby wrote:

> > Most of us <smile> us crontab to point to directories.
> 
> Jeff, I'm not sure I agree with that.  Most systems I work on have cron jobs
> setup as user crons and point to scripts, not directories containing scripts
> and most use the user crontabs.

Okay, if I reword it to say "Most of us who administer Cobalt RaQs
create scripts in the /etc/cron.* directories, and use /etc/crontab to
get to run them" is that reasonable?  I know I do it, and just about
everyone I've discussed it with does it that way.

On all the systems I've ever administered for hosting companies and
ISPs, we've always set up all the cron jobs ourselves, and always using
/etc/crontab.

I suppose for more traditional unix/linux uses and users, you're
absolutely right.

Do you think the method you document is used by hosting companies as
well?

Jeff
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