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Old 10-15-2004, 03:17 PM   #1
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Best Practice for Crons?

If I have a cron that runs every hour, is it considered better practice to put it in /etc/cron.hourly, or to make a crontab entry for it?
 
Old 10-15-2004, 04:23 PM   #2
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It's up to you. I'd personally prefer to make a crontab entry, since because not all Unices have cron.hourly I always think to check crontabs first.
 
  


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