crontab(5) enhancements

H hans at lambermont.dyndns.org
Wed Nov 26 14:53:54 PST 2008


Artem Naluzhnyy wrote on 20081126:

> I have two suggestion for newsyslog(8) and periodic(8) entries in
> default /etc/crontab file:
> * nice(1) newsyslog and periodic entries to shape CPU load spikes;
> * lockf(1) them to prevent simultaneous execution.

I think a pointer to at least lockf will be welcomed by our users.

regards,
   Hans Lambermont


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