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* [gentoo-user] cron.daily contents : must they be script?
@ 2011-08-11 13:49 Pandu Poluan
  2011-08-11 13:56 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Pandu Poluan @ 2011-08-11 13:49 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

I am using sys-process/dcron-3.2.r1

The contents of /etc/cron.daily, must they be scripts? Can I just put
a symlink to a binary there?

Rgds,
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* [gentoo-user] Re: cron.daily contents : must they be script?
  2011-08-11 13:49 [gentoo-user] cron.daily contents : must they be script? Pandu Poluan
@ 2011-08-11 13:56 ` Nikos Chantziaras
  2011-08-11 14:54   ` Pandu Poluan
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Nikos Chantziaras @ 2011-08-11 13:56 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

On 08/11/2011 04:49 PM, Pandu Poluan wrote:
> I am using sys-process/dcron-3.2.r1
>
> The contents of /etc/cron.daily, must they be scripts? Can I just put
> a symlink to a binary there?

They must be executable.  That's the only requirement.




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* Re: [gentoo-user] Re: cron.daily contents : must they be script?
  2011-08-11 13:56 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
@ 2011-08-11 14:54   ` Pandu Poluan
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Pandu Poluan @ 2011-08-11 14:54 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 20:56, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de> wrote:
> On 08/11/2011 04:49 PM, Pandu Poluan wrote:
>>
>> I am using sys-process/dcron-3.2.r1
>>
>> The contents of /etc/cron.daily, must they be scripts? Can I just put
>> a symlink to a binary there?
>
> They must be executable.  That's the only requirement.
>

Ah, thanks!

Rgds,
-- 
FdS Pandu E Poluan
~ IT Optimizer ~

 • Blog : http://pepoluan.tumblr.com
 • Linked-In : http://id.linkedin.com/in/pepoluan



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