On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 09:05 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 09:04:07AM -0400, Claude Jones wrote:
> > > crontab -e
> > > add at the end
> > > @reboot /usr/local/bin/noip2
> > Woah, cool. I never knew that -- very useful.
> But what's the difference between doing it this way and adding the command
> to rc.local? Is it just a matter of different paths to the same end, or
> are there differences in the implementation?
The cron thing is an easy way to do it as a normal user.
The cron thing also seems to avoid the hang during boot if the process
kicked off by rc.local fails to end/daemonize