[Linux-cluster] Cron Jobs

Joseph L. Casale jcasale at activenetwerx.com
Tue Mar 30 22:42:22 UTC 2010


>1.
>What about replacing the directory containing the cron job descriptions in /var with a symbolic link to a directory on the sahred filesystem.

yeah, my first inkling was to symlink /etc/cron.daily but that breaks so much existing functionality.

>2.
>You application service start/stop script may modify the cron job description files.  This is more complex, as it has to deal with remote nodes that may be >down.

I followed you until you spoke of remote nodes? What exactly do you have in mind?
Thanks!
jlc




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