09-25-2013
Hope you don't mind me asking.
Why would you need a different task scheduler other than cron?
I don't want to start a flame war here, just curious about why you would need it in the first place.
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LEARN ABOUT NETBSD
scheduler
ICECREAM(1) Icecream User's Manual ICECREAM(1)
NAME
scheduler - Icecream scheduler
SYNOPSIS
scheduler [-n | --netname name] [-p | --port port] [-h | --help] [-l | --log-file file] [-d | --daemonize] [-r | --allow-run-as-user]
[-v [v [v]]]
DESCRIPTION
The Icecream scheduler is the central instance of an Icecream compile network. It distributes the compile jobs and provides the data for
the monitors.
OPTIONS
-n, --netname netname
The name of the Icecream network the scheduler controls.
-p, --port port
IP port the scheduler uses.
-h, --help
Print help message.
-l, --log-file logfile
Name of file where log output is written to.
-d, --daemonize
Detach daemon from shell.
-v, -vv, -vvv
Control verbosity of daemon. The more v the more verbose.
-r, --allow-run-as-user
Force running the scheduler with user rights. Usually you will need to run the scheduler with root rights.
SEE ALSO
icecream, scheduler, iceccd, icemon
AUTHOR
Cornelius Schumacher
Icecream April 21th, 2005 ICECREAM(1)