On Sun, Aug 07, 2005 at 03:24:33PM -0500, Steven Stern wrote: > Claude Jones wrote: > >On Sun August 7 2005 3:35 pm, Steven Stern wrote: > > > > > >>See "man 5 crontab" > >> > >> These special time specification "nicknames" are supported, which > >> replace the 5 initial time and date fields, and are prefixed by > >>the ?@? > >> character: > >> @reboot : Run once, at startup. > >> @yearly : Run once a year, ie. "0 0 1 1 *". > >> @annually : Run once a year, ie. "0 0 1 1 *". > >> @monthly : Run once a month, ie. "0 0 1 * *". > >> @weekly : Run once a week, ie. "0 0 * * 0". > >> @daily : Run once a day, ie. "0 0 * * *". > >> @hourly : Run once an hour, ie. "0 * * * *". > >> > > > > > >I just read this, because I'm interested as well. It raises a question. > >Doesn't the Linux boot-sequence have a very specific ordering, with the > >number values of each service determining their sequence in the stack, and > >rc.local being last? If so, when does the script get executed using the > >crontab @reboot method? There didn't seem to be anything in the man page > >about that - am I missing something? > > in /etc/rc3.d, cron is started by S90cron. So, it runs very soon after > cron starts. At startup, the "S" files are executed in order. > A much simpler way to run a script at boot is to put it in the rc.local file. -- ======================================================================= "It follows that any commander in chief who undertakes to carry out a plan which he considers defective is at fault; he must put forth his reasons, insist of the plan being changed, and finally tender his resignation rather than be the instrument of his army's downfall." -- Napoleon, "Military Maxims and Thought" ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484
