Use /etc/periodic

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Paul Traina 1997-08-16 17:08:35 +00:00
parent 4ffb08b9fb
commit 2a13325f76
2 changed files with 8 additions and 8 deletions

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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" $Id: periodic.8,v 1.2 1997/08/13 06:02:16 pst Exp $
.\" $Id: periodic.8,v 1.3 1997/08/13 16:27:59 ache Exp $
.\"
.Dd 13 August 1997
.Os FreeBSD 3.0
@ -74,12 +74,12 @@ directories, such as
If executables are added which depend upon other path components, each
executable must be responsible for configuring its own appropriate environment.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/crontab
.Bl -tag -width /etc/periodic
.It Pa /etc/crontab
The
.Nm
program is typically called via entries in the system default cron table.
.It Pa /etc/cron.d
.It Pa /etc/periodic
The top level directory containing
.Pa daily ,
.Pa weekly ,
@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ system registry contains a variable
.Va local_cron
which may be configured to specify additional top level standard
periodic directories, such as
.Pa /usr/local/etc/cron.d
.Pa /usr/local/etc/periodic
and
.Pa /usr/X11R6/etc/cron.d .
.Pa /usr/X11R6/etc/periodic .
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
The system crontab should have entries for
@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ similar to the following example:
Additionally, the system registry will typically have a
.Va local_cron
variable reading:
.Dl local_cron="/usr/local/etc/cron.d /usr/X11R6/etc/cron.d" # cron script dirs.
.Dl local_cron="/usr/local/etc/periodic /usr/X11R6/etc/periodic" # cron script dirs.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr cron 8 ,
.Xr crontab 5 ,

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#!/bin/sh -
#
# $Id: periodic.sh,v 1.2 1997/08/13 06:02:18 pst Exp $
# $Id: periodic.sh,v 1.3 1997/08/13 06:23:54 pst Exp $
#
# Run nightly periodic scripts
#
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if [ "$dir" = "$run" ] ; then
dirlist=""
for top in /etc/cron.d ${local_cron} ; do
for top in /etc/periodic ${local_cron} ; do
if [ -d $top/$dir ] ; then
dirlist="${dirlist} $top/$dir"
fi