From: marcf@nexus.yorku.ca (Marc G Fournier) Subject: Re: Cron for Linux? Date: 27 Dec 1992 19:17:05 GMT
In article <Bzwp3x.98t@citrus.SAC.CA.US> qumqats@citrus.SAC.CA.US ( Joel M. Baldwin ) writes:
>marc@r-node.gts.org (Marc Fournier - Admin) writes:
>: In article <1992Dec21.050300.17459@netcom.com> zmbenhal@netcom.com (Zeyd M. Ben-Halim) writes:
>: >In article <BzL4M1.Cp8@cs.dal.ca> dinn@ug.cs.dal.ca (Michael 'Moose' Dinn) writes:
>: >>
>: >>Does a cron-type scheduler exit for Linux? the SLS distribution doesn't
>: >>return anything on a find / -name \*cron\* -print.
>: >
>: >tsx-11.mit.edu:pub/linux/sources/usr.bin/vixie-cron.tar.Z
>: >
>: It is also included in the new .99 release in /usr/bin.
>: But...it doesn't get started as part of the installation stuff..you
>: have to add it to /etc/rc
>
>?????? /usr/bin????? whats it doing in there? shouldn't it be in /etc?
>
That was where *I* thought it should be too...but that was where
I was told to look, and that was where I found it.
Also, those of you that tried 'find / -name cron -print' to find
it...that wouldn't work, since it is named crond instead of just cron.
Marc