[aklug] Re: (ana)cron & Linux Counter update script

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* Damien Hull <damien@linuxninjas.tv> [2010-10-28 21:44 -0500]:
> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Jim Gribbin <jimgribbin@gmail.com> wrote:
> > [ snips throughout ]
> >
> > Obviously, I should be using Anacron. I'm not quite certain how to
> > set this up using Anacron though.
> >
> > I've read that Anacron will 'catch up' on jobs that weren't done
> > because the system wasn't up, but it's jobs are set up and run as
> > root. I want the job run as a user.
>
> Take a look at fcron and fcrontab, which is part of fcron. Its suppose
> to be a merge of anacron and something else. I haven't used it but I
> might give it a go when I have some free time. Like you were saying,
> laptops aren't on all the time.
>
> - http://fcron.free.fr/
> - http://fcron.free.fr/doc/en/fcrontab.1.html

Another one which does the job of cron and anacron is dcron [1]. I've
not run this variant, but remember the arch-heads liking how it worked.

Regards,
- --
dave [ please don't CC me ]
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Received on Thu Oct 28 18:56:12 2010