On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 09:05 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 09:04:07AM -0400, Claude Jones wrote: > > > > crontab -e > > > > add at the end > > > > @reboot /usr/local/bin/noip2 > > > Woah, cool. I never knew that -- very useful. > > But what's the difference between doing it this way and adding the command > > to rc.local? Is it just a matter of different paths to the same end, or > > are there differences in the implementation? > > The cron thing is an easy way to do it as a normal user. > The cron thing also seems to avoid the hang during boot if the process kicked off by rc.local fails to end/daemonize
