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From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
Subject: bug#40499: mcron missing initial directories?
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 10:27:44 +0200
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To: Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
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Hi,

Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> skribis:

> On Wed, Apr 08, 2020 at 11:55:05AM +0200, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote:
>> Hi Danny,
>>=20
>> Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org> skribis:
>>=20
>> > $ crontab -e
>> >
>> > In unknown file:
>> >            0 (copy-file "/tmp/crontab.10313" "/var/cron/tabs/dannym")
>> >
>> > ERROR: In procedure copy-file:
>> > In procedure copy-file: No such file or directory
>> >
>> > /var/cron doesn't exit either.  Maybe we should automatically create /=
var/cron ?
>>=20
>> Yes, this should be done in an activation snippet.
>>=20
>
> Should this be part of a crontab service

That=E2=80=99s what I had in mind.

> or does the mere existence of the files allow cron tasks to start
> working?

Good question.  Actually I think the crontab compatibility bit is rather
separate in mcron: AIUI, you have to run =E2=80=98crond=E2=80=99, not =E2=
=80=98mcron=E2=80=99, if you
want that to get that functionality (info "(mcron) Invoking cron or
crond").

So perhaps all this is moot unless/until we have an mcron-crond service.

Ludo=E2=80=99.