Re: [CentOS] cron clarification

On Jan 1, 2008 6:08 PM, Joseph L. Casale jcasale@activenetwerx.com wrote:

What is the ramifications to simply placing scripts in the /etc/cron.hourly directory as opposed to actually adding jobs via the crontab -e method? Is there any significance to using one method versus the other?

Using /etc/cron.hourly is better for applications which use cron jobs. When you install the application, it just has to drop a file in a directory rather than parsing a particular user's crontab. It also provides a central location to look for jobs, rather than parsing a number of different user files to figure out your hourly tasks (for system user tasks, not actual people tasks).