On Tue, 2 Jan 2024, Paul Heinlein wrote:
The Linux distributions I use all have an /etc/cron.d directory that
allows you to run scripts under any UID, no sudo required.
Paul,
Yes, Slackware has an /etc/cron.d directory.
The modified crontab entries for snippets in that directory are documented
in the crontab(5) man page, at least on my systems.
When I run `man crontab(5)' nothing happens:
$ man crontab(5)
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
`man crond' tells me how to run the daemon.
My web searches for cron.d examples found 1 entry specific to debian and
ubuntu.
This is my update-tlmgr.sh:
cd /usr/local/texlive/2023/bin/x86_64-linux/
tlmgr update --self --all
fmtutil-sys --sys -all
cd
Do I put that script in the now empty /etc/cron.d/?
I'll ask on the slackware mail list how to do this.
Thanks,
Rich
