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diff --git a/sysutils/runwhen/pkg-descr b/sysutils/runwhen/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..1057f8a5f15 --- /dev/null +++ b/sysutils/runwhen/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +The biggest difference between runwhen and other schedulers is that +runwhen doesn't have a single daemon overseeing multiple jobs. +The runwhen tools essentially act as a glorified sleep command. +Perhaps runwhen does nothing that at(1) doesn't, and there are +lots of things at(1) does that runwhen doesn't: + +- runwhen doesn't change user IDs - thus it will never run + anything as the wrong user. +- It doesn't keep a central daemon running at all times - + thus it won't break if that daemon dies. +- It doesn't require any modifications to the system boot procedure. +- It doesn't log through syslog(3) - thus it won't make a mess + on the console if syslogd(1) isn't running. +- It doesn't centralize storage of scheduled jobs (or any other + per-job information) - thus unprivileged users can install and use it + without cooperation from root, and without the use of a setuid program + to handle changes. +- It doesn't send output through mail - thus it doesn't break + if there is no mail system installed. +- It doesn't check access control files - thus it doesn't gratuitously + deny users. + +Author: Paul Jarc <prj@po.cwru.edu> +WWW: http://multivac.cwru.edu/runwhen/ |