Take the 2-minute tour ×  Using FreeBSD 9, I would like to know
what is the good way to split /etc/crontab into several files.
For example, I would like to put all postfix related jobs in
/etc/cron.d/postfix, all logrotate related jobs in
/etc/cron.d/logrotate and so on.  Of course, I could use
periodic, but it seems that all the jobs would be executed
around the same time.  Any idea?  According to man 1 cron, it
searches /var/cron/tabs/< usernames> and for /etc/crontab.  Edit
1 : Reasons why I may want to try to do so, as asked in
voretaq7's answer.    • Some company uses poor home-made scm
that has no cron plugin nor augeas tool.    • Writting some
scripts that installs some 3rd party software : Appending jobs
at the end of /etc/crontab is dirty.  Note that /etc/rc.conf and
/usr/local/etc/sudoers already have this feature, therefore I
was wondering if there was a "FreeBSD way" to do this for
scheduled jobs.  share|improve this question  2 Answers 2  up
vote 1 down vote accepted  I actually prefer periodic