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From: rickert@CS.NIU.EDU (Neil Rickert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.encore
Subject: Warning about crontab.
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Date: 12 Jun 90 12:34:41 GMT
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 Warning to new users of Umax 4.3

 The version of '/usr/lib/crontab' contains the following records:

10 4 * * *	 root	find /usr/preserve -atime +7 -exec /bin/rm -f {} ';'
20 4 * * *	 root	find /usr/tmp -atime +7 -exec /bin/rm -f {} ';'

 Since /usr/tmp is now a symbolic link /var/tmp, these 'cron' commands
are likely to remove that link, leaving you with neither a /usr/tmp nor
a /usr/preserve.

 Solution:  Instead, run a shell script, and include something like -

   if cd /usr/tmp ; then
	find . -atime +7 -exec /bin/rm -f {} ';'
	fi

  (and, of course, a similar script for /usr/preserve).