[NTLUG:Discuss] OT: crontab arguments question

[Leroy Tennison]

Fred James wrote:
> Richard Geoffrion wrote:
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>> Fred James wrote:
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>>> All
>>> OT: crontab arguments question
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>> what is OT ??
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>> On Topic or Off Topic?  
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>> I'm thinking that your post wasn't OFF topic...so now I'm confused as to 
>> what OT means.
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> Richard Geoffrion
> I would nod to the possibility that may be somewhat political.  I 
> consider it somewhat OT (off topic has been I believe the generally 
> accepted meaning of OT for purposes of this list - YMMV), because the 
> crontab in question is running on another flavor of *nix.  I have always 
> been proud of the group's generally positive response to OT questions, 
> but I have also always felt it would be impolite not to indicate that 
> the question was not purely Linux, in case some people might prefer to 
> ignore it.
> My 2 cents - hope that helps
> Regards
> Fred James
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In my "humble (but accurate) opinion" {insert numerous smiley faces 
here} I would hope that, if the issue was applicable to Linux (not just 
strictly Linux focused), that it would be accepted here.  The solution 
to your problem might be applicable to someone else on Linux.

If we are going to narrow our focus to strictly Linux then we logically 
should consider Open Office, GIMP, Firefox/Thunderbird, KDE (since they 
run on Windows) and various BSD-origin programs (such as raccoon and who 
knows what else) off-limits.  I hope we never "go there".

"Strictly Windows", NetWare, OS2 and other categories of questions 
(unless the issue is interoperability) are clearly OT but there seems to 
be a fairly large gray area particularly when it relates to *NIX issues.