[Nix-dev] Packaging a tool that registers in crontab

[Eelco Dolstra]

On 31/08/14 20:16, Damien Cassou wrote:

> I'm looking for a solution to package this tool for both nixos and
> non-nixos nix-based distributions.

The best solution is not to use cron but systemd timer units. Just create units
$out/etc/systemd/system/<foo>.service and $out/etc/systemd/system/<foo>.timer.
On NixOS, add the package to the systemd.packages option to ensure that its
units are picked up.

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