RE: TIME, DATE and CRON... trap for the unwary

2001-07-22 Thread Ian Perry
bject: Re: TIME, DATE and CRON... trap for the unwary > > > On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 10:15:00AM +1000, Ian Perry wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Just came across a point about Time and Date and CRON which > could cause a > > problem for those who are unaware. >

Re: TIME, DATE and CRON... trap for the unwary

2001-07-20 Thread Walt Mankowski
On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 10:15:00AM +1000, Ian Perry wrote: > Hi All, > > Just came across a point about Time and Date and CRON which could cause a > problem for those who are unaware. > > If you have CRON running and you set back the Date or Time backwards, CRON > will not run until at least the

Re: TIME, DATE and CRON... trap for the unwary

2001-07-20 Thread John Galt
On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Ian Perry wrote: >Hi All, > >Just came across a point about Time and Date and CRON which could cause a >problem for those who are unaware. > >If you have CRON running and you set back the Date or Time backwards, CRON >will not run until at least the old time has been reached a

Re: TIME, DATE and CRON... trap for the unwary

2001-07-19 Thread David Z Maze
Ian Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: IP> Hi All, IP> Just came across a point about Time and Date and CRON which could cause a IP> problem for those who are unaware. IP> IP> If you have CRON running and you set back the Date or Time backwards, CRON IP> will not run until at least the old time has