On 24 Sep 2003 20:00:52 +0700, Merlin Zener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, I don't know where to go next from here... > I got slocate installed ok but not anacron: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] merlin]# urpmi anacron > no package named anacron
You should be able to install it. Do you have a 'main' software source defined? Perhaps the CDs you installed from? > Interestingly, I thought I'd have a look at cron itself to see what > it's[not] been doing. but even though locate cron brings pages of > results, cron itself doesn't seem to want to run: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] merlin]# cron > bash: cron: command not found I think it's called 'crond', because it's a system daemon and not meant to be run directly. > Could you perhaps point me to some reading material that explains > cron/anacron installation and use? http://www.linuxhelp.net/guides/cron/ looks ok. Generally, the Linux System Administrators' Guide is good, http://www.tml.hut.fi/~viu/linux/sag/sag-0.6.2.html/index.html the Rute User's Tutorial is heavy going, http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/book/index.html O'Reilly books are good, man pages fairly indigestible. If you see a book about Red Hat instead of Mandrake, or from a few versions ago, most of the command line stuff hasn't changed. Just don't bother reading about KDE 1.x, or whatever. Richard -- "Get up and turn I loose"
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