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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!apollo.hp.com!netnews From: sommerfeld@apollo.hp.com (Bill Sommerfeld) Subject: Re: a better cron? Sender: usenet@apollo.hp.com (Usenet News) Message-ID: <Cp6vHL.4Cs@apollo.hp.com> Date: Mon, 2 May 1994 19:00:57 GMT References: <1994Apr30.000903.24496@pegasus.com> <2q0sr0$3ve@pdq.coe.montana.edu> Nntp-Posting-Host: snarfblatt.ch.apollo.hp.com Organization: Hewlett Packard, Chelmsford Site Lines: 17 In article <2q0sr0$3ve@pdq.coe.montana.edu>, Nate Williams <nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu> wrote: >In article <1994Apr30.000903.24496@pegasus.com>, >Richard Foulk <richard@pegasus.com> wrote: >>Aloha, is there a better cron around somewhere that might be adapted >>to xBSD? I'm very used to the cron that has atrun built into it. > >No version of cron that I'm aware of has atrun built into it. You learn something every day... The System V cron has atrun functionality built into it. (It also has multiple queues, so you can limit the number of concurrant jobs running at a time). - Bill