On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 12:21 AM, Daevid Vincent <dae...@daevid.com> wrote:
> > * at > * /etc/crontab > * /var/spool/crontabs/root > * /var/spool/crontabs/joeblow > * /etc/cron.d/ > * /etc/cron.daily/ > * /etc/cron.hourly/ > * /etc/cron.monthly/ > That entire list represents exactly two tools: at and crontab. Allright, three if you wanna be anal about it: anacron. At and Cron are also different tools: at does one-time scheduling, while cron handled repeated scheduling. > Unless I'm missing some killer functionality this provides (and from that > URL, I'm not seeing any), then I wish the Sun/mySQL team would have spent > their precious time on more pressing features and or bug-fixes such as this > one that is now FOUR YEARS old... (that is erroneously marked as 'feature > request'!) > Except for the very very very useful "is automagically included in backup (and possibly replication)" that Joerg already mentioned (that was the second thing I thought of), there is also the ability to schedule by the second, whereas cron can only schedule by the minute, and at doesn't handle repeating events. Yes, I can definitely see the use in this. If you can't, then just ignore it. -- Bier met grenadyn Is als mosterd by den wyn Sy die't drinkt, is eene kwezel Hy die't drinkt, is ras een ezel
