[leafnode-list] Re: Greetings, Leafnode

[Doug Laidlaw]

On Tue, 1 Mar 2016 06:04:51 +1100
Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws at hotkey.net.au> wrote:

> On Mon, 29 Feb 2016 19:03:46 +0100
> Matthias Andree <matthias.andree at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> > Am 18.02.2016 um 17:32 schrieb Chris Green:
> > 
> > > Then in /etc/cron.d there's a leafnode file:-
> > > 
> > >     3,16,33,48 * * * *  news if
> > > [ -x /etc/news/leafnode/do-fetch-news ];
> > > then /etc/news/leafnode/do-fetch-news; fi
> > > 
> > 
> > That one seems to be specific to your distribution and may not work
> > on others.
> > 
> It has things in /etc/ which are in /var/spool/ in my distro.
> Is it needed at all?  Won't leafnode just query all the servers in
> turn?  The greatest number I have used is 3.
> 
> Doug.
> 
> 
> 

I have simply put fetchnews in cron.hourly and texpire in cron.daily
for leafnode 2.  For leafnode 1, both Mageia and Mint set up cron jobs
for you.

Doug.
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