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crontab vs. links in /etc/cron.hourly (etc.)

Subject: crontab vs. links in /etc/cron.hourly (etc.)
From: alex at pennace.org (Alex Pennace)
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 22:57:33 -0400
In-reply-to: <7BFCE5F1EF28D64198522688F5449D5A0AA34D@xchangeserver2.storigen.com>
References: <7BFCE5F1EF28D64198522688F5449D5A0AA34D@xchangeserver2.storigen.com>

On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 06:10:40PM -0400, Scott Prive wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Could someone tell me why, if I create a crontab entry for my script (or run it manually), it will work OK... but it will not run properly if called via a symlink in /etc/cron.hourly.

Check the man page for "run-parts" on your system. Although symlinks
doesn't faze the Debian run-parts program, it does put constraints on
possible filenames.

Follow-Ups:
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  - From: ddm at pizzashack.org (Derek D. Martin)

References:
- crontab vs. links in /etc/cron.hourly (etc.)
  - From: Scott.Prive at storigen.com (Scott Prive)

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