On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 10:59:20AM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 09:05:03AM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > > What is the recommended way to achieve this? Include a script, to be > > Not a recommended way, but what about creating an entry which is > executed every minute and contains a "toss a coin" like function with a > probability of 1 / (number of minutes in a day) probability of success? This of course has the possibility of running multiple times, so you might have to include into the cronjob a test:
rm /var/run/foo/ran-today 2>/dev/null && exit 0 It also doesn't guarantee that it runs at all in any given day, or that the hosts don't all peg the network at the same time. -- Clear skies, Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]