Date:  Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:24:34 -0500
From:  "Gerald Waugh" <gwaugh (at mark) frontstreetnetworks.com>
Subject:  [coba-e:14240] Re: Setting time cron.daily runs
To:  <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
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Martyn Bailey
> 
> I'm having a fudgebrain day...
> 
> I recall vaguely that cron.daily runs by checking against a time 
> stamp on some file or another then runs 1440 after that time.
> 
> So, if I wanted to change the time cron.daily runs it should be 
> possible to touch -t that file - right or wrong?
> 
> If right, what file?
> 
> I'm happy to be exposed to better ideas :-)
> 
See:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/custom-guide/cro
n-task.html
Older OS, but should be the same...


Gerald