Peter Salisbury wrote:
> 2009/11/13 Chris Dennis <cgdennis@???>:
>> 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.
>>
>
> Anacron still works even if the machine is on all the time, it's just
> that it doesn't NEED it to be. The advantage is that 'every fourth
> week' is actually the same as 'every 28 days' which anacron can handle
> with no problem.
>
> ATB, Peter
>
Aha! I didn't realise that anacron could do that -- I thought it was
just a way of catching up with cron jobs.
Thank you -- I can probably achieve what I want with that.
cheers
Chris
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Chris Dennis cgdennis@???
Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK
