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    What does the slash in crontab(5) actually do? unix binblog.info
    henkjan avatar via henkjan 8 years ago |
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      JonahBraun avatar JonahBraun 8 years ago | link

      cron is one of those necessary tools that could really use an evolutionary functionality step to clear cruft like this out of the way. Another example is error/output handling, an issue that makes a tool like cronic necessary: http://habilis.net/cronic/

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        jwright avatar jwright 8 years ago | link

        https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd/Timers#As_a_cron_replacement if you’re ok with the creeping horror that is systemd

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          journeysquid avatar journeysquid 8 years ago | link

          Upvoted as informative and that’s all. ;)