On May 3, 2005, at 20:52, Danny Yoo wrote: > ###### > cron(8) examines cron entries once every minute. > > The time and date fields are: > > field allowed values > ----- -------------- > minute 0-59 > hour 0-23 > day of month 1-31 > month 0-12 (or names, see below) > day of week 0-7 (0 or 7 is Sun, or use names) > ###### >
Whoops. You're right, I stand corrected. > But even if cron had second-resolution, there's other factor that > might > come to play: it might take a while to initiate an FTP connection in > Alberto's situation. > > That is, if starting up the FTP connection itself takes up a some > time, > then it might make sense to keep the connection up, just so that we > pay > the cost of startup just once. > Good point. Of course, that also involves keeping it alive by sending NOPs every once in a while when there is no activity. -- Max maxnoel_fr at yahoo dot fr -- ICQ #85274019 "Look at you hacker... A pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting and sweating as you run through my corridors... How can you challenge a perfect, immortal machine?" _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor