cron

[Matthew J. WIcks]

In article <5312 at lynx.UUCP>, m5 at lynx.uucp (Mike McNally) writes:
> How does cron behave when the time is changed by a human or by a
> demon?  Does it do something clever (?) like remember the last time it

On System V systems, my experience is that cron has problems when the time
is changed. In some of my experiences it begins running things twice. Thus
I have developed the policy of killing cron before changing the time and
then re-starting cron.

Matt Wicks
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