Submission for Unix-PC

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Could you please post the following to unix-pc.general?
Thanks.

Bob Mugele

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Subject: Missing file -- /etc/.cronstart

I started poking around to find out why cron doesn't get started on
a reboot.  I noticed that /etc/rc tries to execute a file called
.cronstart but it is missing on my system (version 3.0).  It is apparently
not on the foundation floppies either.  Does .cronstart just issue
the command /etc/cron or does it have other business to tend to?
Information welcome.

Thanks in advance.

BOB MUGELE                           PHONE:  work (817) 273-3161 (x4611)
Foreign Languages and Linguistics            home (214) 780-8844
University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, Texas 76019              

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