Networker

Re: [Networker] problem creating a monthly sechule

2002-12-19 12:47:58
Subject: Re: [Networker] problem creating a monthly sechule
From: "Shelley L. Shostak" <sls AT QSTECH DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 09:47:44 -0800
On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Jim Lane wrote:

> Subject: Re: [Networker] problem creating a monthly sechule
>
>
> Tim: thanks for this. it works like a charm exactly as you describe.
> at the risk of quibbling with good news, however, I have a couple of
> problems with this. firstly why doesn't it work the way the paragraph
> in the manual says it should? and secondly, isn't this a sysadmin
> disaster
> waiting to happen? what if I forget about this 3 years from now and
> don't extend the schedule? surely there should be some way of
> defining a schedule like this definitively once and for all.
>

Jim,

This is another area of Networker which could use some help to make it bullet
proof.  I have the same problem.  My solution is to have a cron job which runs
periodically in Decemeber and sends email reminding me to set the schedules
for the next calendar year.

Shelley

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