anacron would run basically if you turn on your computer. If you want to ensure running ALSO if it is not turned off you have to use cron additionally.
Genauer lesen! Das Ende von 3) One other thing to note is that anacron is run by default at boot-time, so if the computer isn't on at the time you set in the line above, it'll still be guaranteed to run the next time you turn on the computer. >At 16:32h +0200 26.08.2002, Holger Schulz wrote: >What's is really missing there is a description of the anacrontab syntax. >But I found a link to /sw/share/doc/anacron/README.Fink >where I found the following (a bit surprising) >---cut --- >[...] >3) Add a line to /etc/crontab to run anacron at whatever schedule you > would prefer. (Keep in mind that running anacron doesn't > necessarily do anything; it merely checks to see if anything listed > in /sw/etc/anacrontab is due to be run. If not, it just exits. > As an example, if you wanted it to run once a day at 8.30 in the > morning you would add the line: >[...] >---cut--- >If this means what i understand from it, I really do not understand what anacron is >good for. To use anacron liek it is done it that example i have to ensure, that my >machine is running at 8.30. >Elsewise my (ana)cronjobs won't be ran, again. > >can anyone explain that to me?? > >hs > >> >>May be you don't know cron? >>man cron,crontab or >>http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/02/26/terminal_three.html >>one of five <http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/ct/51> >> >> >>-- >>Peter Sint >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Peter Sint [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
