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From: sommerfeld@apollo.hp.com (Bill Sommerfeld)
Subject: Re: a better cron?
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Date: Mon, 2 May 1994 19:00:57 GMT
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In article <2q0sr0$3ve@pdq.coe.montana.edu>,
Nate Williams <nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu> wrote:
>In article <1994Apr30.000903.24496@pegasus.com>,
>Richard Foulk <richard@pegasus.com> wrote:
>>Aloha,  is there a better cron around somewhere that might be adapted
>>to xBSD?  I'm very used to the cron that has atrun built into it.
>
>No version of cron that I'm aware of has atrun built into it.  

You learn something every day...

The System V cron has atrun functionality built into it.

(It also has multiple queues, so you can limit the number of concurrant
jobs running at a time).

						- Bill