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automatic cronjaob injectsion


I know that it might be possible and I know that is not advisable,
but may a cygwin postinstall script or just another helper script
install a cronjob automatically?

echo "$cronline" >> /var/cron/tabs/$USER
kill -HUP `cat /var/run/cron.pid`
crontab -e

Then change a bit in the job file, and save. voila.

A technical issue might be that cron will not react on -HUP. Does it?
I only look at the cron sources at linux some years ago.

I have for example this init.d snippet:

installcron() {
echo "put this into your cronjob:"
echo
echo "* */3 * * * /usr/bin/freshclam 2>&1 >/dev/null"
echo "#* */3 * * * /usr/bin/freshclam 2>&1 >/dev/null" >> /var/cron/tabs/$USER
kill -HUP `cat /var/run/cron.pid`
crontab -e
}



-- Reini Urban http://xarch.tu-graz.ac.at/home/rurban/


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