On 29/09/04 13:07, "Francis A. Poulin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have just installed OS X 10.3.5, and want the system, including hard > drives, to sleep at night. Will the cron scripts run? Will the system > wake itself up and put itself back to sleep? > > David Pogue's book The Missing Manual describes scheduled jobs as > daily, weekly, and monthly at 3:15, 4:30, and 5:30, apparently > respectively. But he does not related this to the sleep habit. And he > does not say what days to run the system overnight if necessary. If the computer is put to sleep, then, no, it won't wake up to run those scripts and you will have to use some utility to run them manually from time to time. But this is not that important, and there won't be any harm if the daily or the weekly script are ran only once a month, for example... -Laurent. -- ======================================================================== Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Washington, DC, USA ************************ Usual disclaimers apply *********************** -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
