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Re:OpenBSD cron(8) now supports random ranges with steps by hnlmorg on Monday May 08, 2023 @01:55PM (#35864802)
Today I learned the -n flag. Is this also an OpenBSD exclusive?

I have to say, these flags are a really nice enhancement to cron.

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Re:OpenBSD cron(8) now supports random ranges with steps by networked on Monday May 08, 2023 @03:34PM (#35866032)
FreeBSD and NetBSD also implement "-n". Cross-platform fcron has "erroronlymail(true)".

https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=crontab&apropos=0&...

https://man.netbsd.org/NetBSD-9.3-STABLE/crontab.5

http://fcron.free.fr/doc/en/fcrontab.5.html#FCRONTAB.5.ERROR...

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