[mythtv-users] crontab vs. anacron from a mythtv perspective

[Jim Abernathy]

On 11/9/18 8:51 AM, Ian Cameron wrote:
> Or drop the correctly formated files into the /etc/cron.d/ directory. 
> There are three good things about that option: firstly, they won't be 
> changed by system upgrades; secondly, as well as supporting the 
> standard crontab time specification, they have one additional field, 
> that being the user to run as, i.e. no need to use sudo; thirdly the 
> jobs are run at the exact time specified, unlike the jobs in the 
> /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}/ directories, which are run 
> sequentially by run-parts, which is triggered by cron.
>
> Cheers, Ian
>
I like your approach because:

1.  It uses the exact file format as /etc/crontab.

2.  Doesn't modify the system /etc/crontab.

It seems to accomplish exactly what 'crontab -e' except you can just 
have a saved file on a backup to copy to the right directory. 'crontab 
-e' hides it's files and can only be accessed via the command.

I may setup a test case for each.

Jim A