Cron.Hourly

[Tony Arnold]

Derek,

Derek Broughton wrote:

> Matthew may be right about anacron - though I can't imagine why anacron 
> would be installed if cron isn't.  It was a surprise to me that cron isn't 
> a hard dependency for anacron.

There are other events that invoke anacron. On start up and when a
laptop switches to mains power are two that I am aware of.

On my machine, cron just starts up anacron at 07.30 every morning! And
I've not changed this from the default.

Regards,
Tony.
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