Fcron version 3.0.4 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Saturday the 7th of November, 2009

    version 3.0.4

      View the most recent changes for the fcron port at: fcron.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for fcron.
      The raw portfile for fcron 3.0.4 is located here:
      http://fcron.darwinports.com/dports/sysutils/fcron/Portfile
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      The fcron Portfile 46099 2009-01-29 14:37:40Z macsforever2000 macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: fcron
      Version: 3.0.4
      Category: sysutils
      Platform: darwin
      Maintainers: yahoo.com:compconsultant
      Description: fcron is an alternative scheduler aka cron daemon
      Long Description: fcron is a scheduler. It aims at replacing Vixie Cron, so it implements most of its functionalities. But contrary to Vixie Cron, fcron does not need your system to be up 7 days a week, 24 hours a day : it also works well with systems which are not running neither all the time nor regularly (contrary to anacrontab).

      Homepage: http://fcron.free.fr
      Master Sites: ${homepage}/archives
      extract.suffix .src.tar.gz
      Checksums: md5 5a26a1dfd91fdc7e87401e98aef870e6 sha1 daaa5287be026a425ea5bb56959ad38b1b6d030a rmd160 2bb8eb489251eaa1380b4e37b6526d2040291313

      Patch Files: patch-fcrontab.c.diff

      configure.args --with-boot-install=no --with-pam=no --with-selinux=no

      startupitem.create yes
      startupitem.name fcron
      startupitem.start "\[ -x ${prefix}/sbin/fcron \] && ${prefix}/sbin/fcron -b"
      startupitem.stop "\[ -r ${prefix}/var/run/fcron/fcron.pid \] \\" "&& kill -KILL `cat ${prefix}/var/run/fcron/fcron.pid`"

      destroot.keepdirs ${destroot}${prefix}/var/spool/fcron ${destroot}${prefix}/var/run/fcron
      pre-destroot {
      addgroup fcron
      set gid [existsgroup fcron]
      adduser fcron shell=/bin/bash gid=${gid} realname=fcronServer
      }
      post-destroot {
      set dp ${destroot}${prefix}
      foreach file [glob ${dp}/etc/fcron*] {
      file rename ${file} ${file}-default
      }
      }


    If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.

    Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:


      %  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/fcron
      % sudo port install fcron
      Password:
    You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

      ---> Fetching fcron
      ---> Verifying checksum for fcron
      ---> Extracting fcron
      ---> Configuring fcron
      ---> Building fcron with target all
      ---> Staging fcron into destroot
      ---> Installing fcron
    - Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using fcron with these commands:
      %  man fcron
      % apropos fcron
      % which fcron
      % locate fcron

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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