Peter Salisbury wrote: > > Use anacron? From the man page: > > Anacron can be used to execute commands periodically, with a frequency > specified in days. Unlike cron(8), it does not assume that the machine > is running continuously. Hence, it can be used on machines that aren't > running 24 hours a day.. > > HTH, Peter
Thanks for that. What I didn't mention before is that the machine IS running full-time, but the external USB drive that rsnapshot backs up to gets taken away at the weekends. So I always want to run it on a weekday. If the "second Friday of the month" option is the best available, should rsnapshot run a cycle of 4 weekly backups or 5? cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis [email protected] Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: [email protected] Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
