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From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Generic root crontab?
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 20:54:05 -0700
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Stephen Corbesero wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have (or know of) a nice, generic root crontab for
> FreeBSD?  I just noticed there was nothing to do regular system
> maintenance like moving/compressing log files.
> 

Look again, please. /etc/crontab calls a series of maintenance routines: 
daily, weekly, monthly, and provision for other typical requirements.
-- 

Ken

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