On Wed, 6 Dec 2017 15:25:06 +0100 Alessandro Selli <alessandrose...@linux.com> wrote:
> > I notice that since I upgraded from Bebian Wheezy to Devuan Jessie my box > > runs periodic jobs through anacron instead of cron. > > This sometimes causes heavy jobs to run at inconvenient times. > > Given my box runs 24/7, is there a simple way to banish Anacron, and run > > Cron at fixed times, in the wee hours of the night for instance ? > You can run as root: update-rc.d anacron disable > Or you can disable the unwanted anacron jobs in /etc/anacrontab. I dont want to remove the jobs presently done by Anacron, but have them done by Cron at a suitable time. Will that happen if I disable Anacron ? Cheers, Ron. -- Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any visible reason. -- Lord Chesterfield -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org -- _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng