Daniel Rock <v200731@deadcafe.de> wrote:
> Tristram Scott <tristram.scott@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> 10 1 * * * (cd /var/adm/sa/ && cd .adm && [ -x sadm ] && PATH=. sadm)
>>>/dev/null 2>&1 &
>
> What does the script
> /var/adm/sa/.adm/sadm
> do?
>


Good question. The comment in the cron script looks like this:

#ident "@(#)adm 1.5 92/07/14 SMI" /* SVr4.0 1.2 */
#
# The adm crontab file should contain startup of performance collection if
# the profiling and performance feature has been installed.
#
# Restarting scheduler daemon sadm(1M).
10 1 * * * (cd /var/adm/sa/ && cd .adm && [ -x sadm ] && PATH=. sadm)
>/dev/null 2>&1 &


(The lines are wrapped to fit usenet.)

The file is executable, but not a script.

This isn't something I have added, but then again, I don't see it enabled
on my other systems. The man page doesn't seem to be where I would have
expected it either. I was assuming that this was a generic piece of
Solaris in a corner I have never investigated before.


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Dr Tristram J. Scott
Energy Consultant