Bug 33149

Summary: small change in /etc/periodic/*/999.local
Product: Base System Reporter: Jan Srzednicki <winfried>
Component: confAssignee: Crist J. Clark <cjc>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: 4.4-STABLE   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   
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Description Jan Srzednicki 2001-12-24 14:30:01 UTC 
The /etc/periodic/*/999.local script will only allow to run a sh script.
Suerly you can put other scripts in cron, but I think it would be nice to 
have such scripts run via periodic.conf (and receive daily reports from 
in one mail).

Fix: Here's a simple diff:

root@ikar:/etc/periodic/daily# diff -uN 999.local.old 999.local 
How-To-Repeat: 
Try to use anything other than a sh script in there.
Comment 1 Crist J. Clark freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-12-27 22:52:47 UTC 
On Mon, Dec 24, 2001 at 02:26:11PM -0000, Jan Srzednicki wrote:
[snip]

> The /etc/periodic/*/999.local script will only allow to run a sh script.
> Suerly you can put other scripts in cron, but I think it would be nice to 
> have such scripts run via periodic.conf (and receive daily reports from 
> in one mail). 

As stated in the comments for the 999.local script, it only really
exists for back compatibilty with /etc/daily.local.

For the functionality you desire, the recommended way to go is to use
functionality built into periodic(8). Drop your "scripts" into
/usr/local/etc/periodic/daily/. The "script" may be any executable
file and not just a shell script.

Since this is the preferred and supported way to do this and it has
the functionality you desire, unless you have further argument why the
support is also needed in 999.local, I'll close up the PR in a day or
two.
-- 
"It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's hilarious."

Crist J. Clark                     |     cjclark@alum.mit.edu
                                   |     cjclark@jhu.edu
http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/    |     cjc@freebsd.org
Comment 2 Sheldon Hearn freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2002-01-09 09:08:57 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-bugs->cjc

Crist will probably close this in a few days.
Comment 3 Crist J. Clark freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2002-01-10 08:24:09 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

The preferred way to do this is to use the /usr/local/periodic/daily 
directory. No feedback from submitter on why this is not an adequate 
solution. 
GNATS: Enter the reason for changing this PR's status here.