Re: [SLE] cron not recognizing changes to /etc/cron.d files [SOLVED]

On Saturday 08 April 2006 4:09 pm, Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Friday 2006-04-07 at 19:39 -0800, Scott Leighton wrote:
Interesting. Compare the mcedit versions (rpm -q mc) (mcedit --version)

I did, they are identical on both boxes.

Perhaps the 64 bit version was compiled with a diferent option.

...
Also tried diff'ing the various config files in /usr/share/mc and
in ~/.mc and couldn't find anything different that seemed pertinent.

Anything about creating a backup file while editing?


There's a setting, 'editor_option_save_mode', but it is set to 0
on both systems.

On the 64 bit box, mcedit creates a softlink in the current
directory for the file being edited, that apparently causes the
directory timestamp to update. On the 32 bit box, no softlink
is created and I have no idea at all why they act differently.

If it doesn't create a softlink it means it makes no backup of the file,
but changes it in place. That method does not alter the directory, it does
not create nor delete files. I think only the inode might change.

I've resigned myself to simply doing a rccron restart.

Simply edit it again wit a diferent editor, like joe (aka jstar aka jmacs
aka rjoe aka jpico), and save.


I'm way too old and set in my ways to change my habits ;) My
fingers automatically type mcedit when I'm on the commandline,
no thinking involved at all.

Scott


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