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

From: David J. Weller-Fahy <dave-lists-aklug@weller-fahy.com>
Date: Fri Oct 29 2010 - 18:59:08 AKDT

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* Jim Gribbin <jimgribbin@gmail.com> [2010-10-28 23:18 -0500]:
> [snips]
>
> It does claim to have integrated some anacron features, but what I'm
> looking for doesn't seem to be one of then. The man pages say it does
> have an @daily feature, but also says if the clock is jumped forward
> it will skip the job for the day.
>
> Thanks, but I believe I'll pass on dcron.

Whoops! You're right - it only runs jobs missed by less than one hour,
anything greater is skipped completely... sorry for the red herring. ;)

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dave [ please don't CC me ]
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