I see from the backup listing that local cron scripts deposited in the /etc/cron.daily/weekly/monthly folders are not included in the "System Backup".
Now I had been putting typical PurgeFiles, MiniBackup, Rsync, and other such scripts into the /etc/cron.daily/weekly/monthly folders as it seemed like an obvious place and I get the items run automatically without mucking with the crontab.
My concept of doing an E-SMITH "System Backup" means that the final output I have in hand, whether it be an archive file or a tape, is something I can go to a replacement machine, restore, and be back in business with the user, data, and system scripts in place as per before the crash/disaster/machine upgrade.
It seems that either the system backup is difficient in addressing these files or I am off in left field putting system scripts where they shouldnt be.
So...I'm wondering what other administrators are doing for such script locations & triggering?
If the scripts are put into a location either within the e-smith backup tree or in a "systems" type ibay are people recording custom entries into the crontab file via custom templates at hardcoded times? The depositing into the daily/weekly/etc folders was kinda nice as items were run serially, but I can merge scripts to provision that functionality.
What are the wise old administrators doing out there?