[patch] a patch to run-crons

run-crons.diff (text/plain), 1.63 KB, created by Jon Nelson (RETIRED) on 2002-06-21 11:48:11 UTC

--- gentoo-x86/sys-apps/cronbase/files/run-crons	Mon May 13 21:27:02 2002
+++ /usr/sbin/run-crons	Fri Jun 21 11:46:55 2002
@@ -19,23 +19,30 @@
 
 #
 
-for CRONDIR in /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
+for BASE in hourly daily weekly monthly
 do
-   
+    CRONDIR=/etc/cron.${BASE}
+
     test -d $CRONDIR || continue
-    BASE=${CRONDIR##*/}
-    test -e /var/spool/cron/lastrun/$BASE && {
+    # if the touch file is older than {hourly,daily,...} remove it
+    # Why is this in here at all?  Don't the cron jobs from /etc/crontab 
+    # take care of this for us?
+    if test -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/$BASE
+    then
 
 	case $BASE in
-	    cron.hourly)  TIME="-cmin  +60 -or -cmin  60" ;;
-	    cron.daily)   TIME="-ctime +1  -or -ctime 1"  ;;
-	    cron.weekly)  TIME="-ctime +7  -or -ctime 7"  ;;
-	    cron.monthly) TIME="-ctime +30 -or -ctime 30" ;;
+	    cron.hourly)  TIME="-cmin  +59" ;;
+	    cron.daily)   TIME="-ctime +0"  ;;
+	    cron.weekly)  TIME="-ctime +6"  ;;
+	    cron.monthly) TIME="-ctime +29" ;;
 	esac
-	eval find /var/spool/cron/lastrun/$BASE $TIME | \
-	    xargs --no-run-if-empty rm 
-    }
-    if test ! -e /var/spool/cron/lastrun/$BASE ; then
+	find /var/spool/cron/lastrun/$BASE $TIME -exec /bin/rm -f {} \;
+    fi
+
+    # if there is no touch file, make one then run the scripts 
+    if test ! -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/$BASE
+    then
+
 	touch /var/spool/cron/lastrun/$BASE
 
 	set +e
@@ -52,6 +59,5 @@
 #
 
 touch /var/spool/cron/lastrun
-find /var/spool/cron/lastrun -newer /var/spool/cron/lastrun | \
-    xargs --no-run-if-empty rm
+find /var/spool/cron/lastrun -newer /var/spool/cron/lastrun -exec /bin/rm -f {} \;