Peter Salisbury wrote:
> 
> Use anacron? From the man page:
> 
> Anacron can be used to execute commands periodically, with a frequency
> specified in days. Unlike cron(8), it does not assume that the machine
> is running continuously. Hence, it can be used on machines that aren't
> running 24 hours a day..
> 
> HTH, Peter
Thanks for that.  What I didn't mention before is that the machine IS 
running full-time, but the external USB drive that rsnapshot backs up to 
gets taken away at the weekends.  So I always want to run it on a weekday.
If the "second Friday of the month" option is the best available, should 
rsnapshot run a cycle of 4 weekly backups or 5?
cheers
Chris
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Chris Dennis                                  cgdennis@???
Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK