A question about anacron (ubuntu 8.10)

[Chris G]

On Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 12:29:14PM -0800, Raquel 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.
> 
That's the whole point of anacron isn't it?

-- 
Chris Green