A question about anacron (ubuntu 8.10)
Chris G
cl at isbd.net
Wed Feb 4 20:57:09 UTC 2009
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
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