A question about anacron (ubuntu 8.10)

[Raquel]

On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 12:29:14 -0800
Raquel <raquel at thericehouse.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 20:20:57 +0000
> Chris G <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> 
> > 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
> > 
> 
> I'm not an expert but, I don't think that anacron runs past jobs
> that should have run when the machine was off.
> 
> -- 
> Raquel

For more info, go to a terminal window and do
     man anacron

-- 
Raquel
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