> I would prefer the backup run at night, whereas anacron runs at boot. > So might cron be more appropriate. These are desktops, not laptops > and could be reliably left on all night: weekly, anyway.
Yes, to schedule what time of day, definitely cron. If it is in fact desirable to turn them off sometimes (energy savings, etc), then potentially complement with anacron. http://www.tuxradar.com/content/automate-linux-cron-and-anacron > Realized there is another option for the backup operation. Could > create a shell script that would perform that backup, then shut down. > Create a shortcut to it on the desktop, called "Friday Backup and > Shutdown" or somesuch. Of course user is the point of failure... Schedule the backup-then-shutdown script with cron :) /Randall www.whizman.com _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
