kcron missing? <OT>

[marc]

Ric Moore said:

> On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 18:11 +0200, marc wrote:
>> Derek Broughton said...
>> > dave selby wrote:
>> > 
>> > > 2009/4/16 Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com>:
>> > >> On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 12:42 -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
>> > >>> Ric Moore wrote:
>> > >>>
>> > >>> > Funny thing, I don't find kcron listed anymore in the menu bar
>> > >>> > anymore. So, I un-installed it, and re-installed it. I figured
>> > >>> > that would kick it into gear. But, I do not find a binary file
>> > >>> > in /usr/bin named kcron.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Interesting - I hadn't noticed it was missing until you mentioned
>> > >>> it.
>> > > 
>> > > Look in system settings > advanced > task scheduler. Its a really
>> > > really nice bit of software - OK so I hacked on it for a while a
>> > > year or so ago so I guess I am biased !
>> > > 
>> > No, really.  I know where it's supposed to be and it ain't there.
>> 
>> I reread the thread, but I'm not clear: have you installed kcron?
>> 
>> Oh, and it doesn't install a binary called kron either; it installs
>> /usr/lib/kde4//kcm_cron.so
> 
> How would you call that up from a command line to test? Thanx! Ric

I don't think you can. I think it's only accessible via system settings.

.so files are 'shared objects'; dynamically (at runtime) linked object 
libraries. So, I guess you could write a wrapper. As you do! Surely 
there's a test harness that'll let you make calls to it. All hackery and 
witchcraft, of course.

<rant>
I genuinely consider the move to system settings from kcontrol as a 
serious regression, because of this "design" decision. Seen this type of 
thing a hundred times before; undoen ninety nine of them.

-- 
Best,
Marc