Re: What controls when /etc/cron.d/ files are run?

On 3/9/24 15:37, Rich Shepard via slackware wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Mar 2024, Bob McConnell via slackware wrote:
> 
>> That is controlled by crontab. From the shell, type 'crontab -l' to get
>> the current users table. You have to do it as root to get the base list.
>> Mine looks something like this:
> 
> Bob,
> 
> That's what I thought, but while root's crontab here calls run-parts and
> specifies the files, none are in /etc/cron.d/
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rich
> 

Rich,

Check for these directories/files on  your system:

--------------------Tear along dotted line-------------------
root@rvmdesk:~# ls /etc/cron.*
/etc/cron.d:

/etc/cron.daily:
backup.sh*   certwatch*       dehydrated  man-db*
backup.sh~*  certwatch.orig*  logrotate*  mlocate*

/etc/cron.hourly:

/etc/cron.monthly:
logs.sh*

/etc/cron.weekly:
--------------------Tear along dotted line-------------------

Note that they must be executable.

These are from Slackware 15.0, but I use mostly the same set on 14.2 as 
well.

Bob

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