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01.08.07
By the way, "launchd" does a lot more in OS X. Since "Tiger", it is PID 1, responsible for all processes. It also replaces inetd (or xinetd): it's a pretty important process!
If you want to change the time that periodic runs, you need to edit these files.. or perhaps even add new files if you have more complicated needs. Note that if you do change the times here, or add new files, you have to let launchctl know. One way is to reboot, but you can also just unload and load the file:
That file also defines /etc/weekly.local and /etc/monthly.local but oddly, not /etc/daily.local - I have no idea why..
As a grumpy old Unix guy, I'd probably just use crontab, but who knows: someday Apple may take that away from us entirely. That's OK, we're ready for 'em, aren't we?
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*Originally published at APLawrence.com
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A.P. Lawrence provides SCO Unix and Linux consulting services http://www.pcunix.com
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