tcron / News: Recent posts

- .tar install may cause a problem because some distributions don't include /usr/local/sbin in the PATH.
- gid was not set for tcron job and tcrontab.
- setenv("DISPLAY", ":0") for each job tcrond invokes. Some people may forget to 'export DISPLAY=:0' if they want to run an X program.

- Run the job at ??:??:00. (the beginning of a minute)
- execl should be terminated with a NULL

- Add application program interface
1. AP doesn't have to write the parser itself. AP can retrieve/update its own tcrontab entries only.
2. All of the crontab access is protoected by 'tcrontab-ap'.

- Fixed at job bug. Tcron incorrectly remove at jobs.
- Tcron will invoke user's login shell to execute cron jobs to avoid PATH and environment variables problems.

New in 0.3:
Add 'at' job capablity.

Tcron integrates 'cron/at' with ATX power-up capability.

Advantages over the combination of atx power BIOS and a traditional cron:
1. It can do multiple power up/down a day;
2. It can skip some days of a week.
3. It is easier to use. You don't have to setup both BIOS and cron.