A question about anacron (ubuntu 8.10)

[Chris G]

On Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 09:54:40AM -0800, Raquel wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 17:33:29 +0000
> Chris G <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> 
> > I've hunted around on Google and have looked in /etc but I can't
> > really find the answer to this.
> > 
> > Does a standard Ubuntu 8.10 installation run anacron by default and,
> > if so, what exactly does it run?
> > 
> > E.g. does it run anything from user crontabs or does it only run
> > stuff in cron.daily, cron.weekly, etc.?
> > 
> > -- 
> > Chris Green
> 
> I recently did a fresh install of 8.10 on a new laptop.  anacron was
> installed by default.  anacron will run not only the "stuff in
> cron.daily, cron.weekly, etc.", but also crontabs.
> 
Thanks, so anything in my wife's desktop machine /etc/cron.daily will
get run by anacron when she turns the machine on.   Excellent!

-- 
Chris Green