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diff --git a/doc/en/changes.sgml b/doc/en/changes.sgml
index 1ca88bd19b63da6f920fb63ea1b452b513805afd..6c3316acc6312bd5c6499172f4b2e93f6e45371c 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/en/changes.sgml
+++ b/doc/en/changes.sgml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Foundation.
 A copy of the license is included in gfdl.sgml.
 -->
 
-<!-- $Id: changes.sgml,v 1.2 2002-01-03 22:39:56 thib Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: changes.sgml,v 1.4 2002-01-27 16:40:31 thib Exp $ -->
 
 <sect1 id="changes">
     <title>Changes</title>
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ A copy of the license is included in gfdl.sgml.
            <para>All the documentation has been ported to SGML DocBook.</para>
            <para>It results on a much better HTML version, which I recommand you use. It is installed by default in fcron documentation directory (for instance, on my system : <filename>/usr/share/doc/fcron-X.X.X/</filename>).</para>
        </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+           <para>Added option random, which allows an entry run periodically to be run at a random time in its intervals of execution, instead of being run as soon as possible.</para>
+       </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
            
     <itemizedlist>

diff --git a/doc/en/fcrontab.5.sgml b/doc/en/fcrontab.5.sgml
index 5a45eecf104eddf88b7f04cd05e70f1419a8ba65..e88108fa4e0dbdb99ccf12d7bfd6af0edfe9cf19 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/en/fcrontab.5.sgml
+++ b/doc/en/fcrontab.5.sgml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Foundation.
 A copy of the license is included in gfdl.sgml.
 -->
 
-<!-- $Id: fcrontab.5.sgml,v 1.3 2002-01-27 16:37:37 thib Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: fcrontab.5.sgml,v 1.4 2002-01-27 16:43:18 thib Exp $ -->
 
 <refentry id="fcrontab.5">
     <refmeta>
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ A copy of the license is included in gfdl.sgml.
                    <term>random</term>
                    <listitem>
                        <para><emphasis><type>boolean</type></emphasis>(<constant>0</constant>)</para>
-                       <para>In a <link linkend="fcrontab.5.periodent">line run periodically</link>, this option answer the question : should this job be run as soon as possible in its interval of execution (safer), or should fcron set a random time of execution in that interval ? Note that if this option is set, the job may not run if fcron is not running during <emphasis>all</emphasis>the execution interval. Besides, you must know that the random scheme may be quite easy to guess for skilled people.</para>
+                       <para>In a <link linkend="fcrontab.5.periodent">line run periodically</link>, this option answers the question : should this job be run as soon as possible in its interval of execution (safer), or should fcron set a random time of execution in that interval ? Note that if this option is set, the job may not run if fcron is not running during <emphasis>all</emphasis> the execution interval. Besides, you must know that the random scheme may be quite easy to guess for skilled people.</para>
                    </listitem>
                </varlistentry>
            </variablelist>

diff --git a/doc/en/todo.sgml b/doc/en/todo.sgml
index 585373ccfc62373d875bfb662961dd66b7cf29c0..7af1b20435f9864bf4a82dd5422c65a6f44cddd8 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/en/todo.sgml
+++ b/doc/en/todo.sgml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Foundation.
 A copy of the license is included in gfdl.sgml.
 -->
 
-<!-- $Id: todo.sgml,v 1.1 2002-01-03 14:27:12 thib Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: todo.sgml,v 1.2 2002-01-27 16:37:19 thib Exp $ -->
 
 <sect1 id="todo">
     <title>Todo</title>
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ A copy of the license is included in gfdl.sgml.
        <listitem>
            <para>allow a non-privileged user to run fcron</para>
        </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+           <para>add a "random" option to %-lines, to change policy from : "run as soon as possible" to "set a random time to sleep before execing asap" (and then run - if the system hasn't gone down ...)/</para>
+       </listitem>
        <listitem>
            <para>possibility to display a list of jobs including their options, time and date of next execution, status, of only the running jobs, all the jobs, in order of execution or classified by user, etc.</para>
        </listitem>