Fcron 3.0.0 - a replacement for Vixie cron and anacron

From: Thibault Godouet (fcron_at_free.fr)
Date: 09/09/05

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    What is new in this release (3.0.0) ?
    -------------------------------------

    This is the first stable release from the 2.9.X branch.
    Quite a lot has changed since the 2.0.x branch:

        * Added the program fcrondyn to interact with a running fcron
          process
        * PAM support
        * SE Linux support
        * Options and command line parameters to execute fcron in a script
        * Ability to run fcron without root priveleges
        * Ported to AIX, HP-UX
        * Better time zone support
        * fcron is more secure and robust.

    I strongly recommend that people who would still use fcron branch 2.0.x
    upgrade to fcron 3.0.0.

    What is fcron ?
    --------------

    Fcron is a scheduler. It aims at replacing Vixie Cron, so it implements
    most its functionalities.

    But contrary to Vixie Cron, fcron does not need your system to be up 7
    days a week, 24 hours a day : it also works well with systems which are
    not running neither all the time nor regularly (contrary to anacrontab).

    In other words, fcron does both the job of Vixie Cron and anacron, but
    does even more and better :)) ...

    To do so, fcron allows you to use the standard mode in which you tell
    it to execute one command at a given date and hour and to make it run
    a command according to its time of execution, which is normally the same
    as system up time. For example :

       Run the task 'save /home/ directory'
       every 3h15 of system up time.

    and, of course, in order to make it really useful, the time remaining
    until next execution is saved each time the system is stopped.

    You can also say :

       run that command once between 2am and 5am

    which will be done if the system is running at any time in this interval.

    Fcron also includes a useful system of options, which can be applied
    either to every lines following the declaration or to a single line.
    Some of the supported options permit to:
    - run jobs one by one,
    - set the max system load average value under which the job should be
      run,
    - set a nice value for a job,
    - run jobs at fcron's startup if they should have been run
      during system down time,
    - mail user to tell him a job has not run and why,
    - a better management of the mailing of outputs ...

    What is planed for next releases ?
    ---------------------------------

    Please go to http://fcron.free.fr/doc/todo.html

    (propositions and help are welcome)

    How you can help me
    -------------------

    If you'd like to help me, please contact me at :
            fcron@free.fr

    Where can I get it ?
    -------------------

    You can either go to the project home page at :

    http://fcron.free.fr

    or get it from metalab at :

    ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/daemons/cron/fcron-3.0.0.src.tar.gz

    (400kB)

    (I've sent the file but it may take some time before it is available on
    metalab)

    or get it from seul.org (USA) :

    ftp://ftp.seul.org/pub/fcron/fcron-3.0.0.src.tar.gz (400kB)

    I hope you will enjoy it,

    Thibault.

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