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- From: maj@cl.cam.ac.uk (Martyn Johnson)
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- Subject: Re: why is /usr/lib/crontab a link to /etc/crontab?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.114207.18741@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 11:42:07 GMT
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- In article <hunt.724968988@shy.umd.edu>, hunt@shy.umd.edu (Brian Hunt) writes:
- |> Not only that, but if you edit /etc/crontab the Ultrix cron (well, my
- |> version at least, 4.2A) does not even notice the change, I guess
- |> because the modify time on the link /usr/lib/crontab does not change.
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- I do not observe this effect in 4.2A. I have the standard link layout
- and the standard Ultrix cron. Whenever I edit /etc/crontab, cron notices
- right away. I've even added an entry only a few seconds before it was due
- to happen, and it has always worked fine.
-
- Martyn Johnson maj@cl.cam.ac.uk
- University of Cambridge Computer Lab
- Cambridge UK
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