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On 12/14/2012 09:36 PM, Grant wrote:
> 
> I got it working in /etc/crontab.  Should I file a bug for
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/cron-guide.xml to mention that vixie-cron
> must be restarted when making changes to /etc/crontab?  It says:
> 
> "Note that only Vixie-cron schedules jobs in /etc/crontab automatically."
> 

You shouldn't have to restart vixie-cron, I think it just scans
/etc/crontab every so often.


> Wouldn't you rather use a one-liner like this?
> 
> iptables -L -n | mail -s "mx1 iptables state" -a "From:
> root@mx1.example.com <mailto:root@mx1.example.com>"
> postmaster@example.com <mailto:postmaster@example.com>
> 

Even the simple stuff I like to keep in a separate shell script. They're
all under version control so that if one server blows up, all I have to
do is checkout the git repo and hit `make` on another box and everything
will more-or-less work once I emerge @world.

I could avoid using a temp file that way, but it ain't broke so I'm not
going to fix it.