Sounds like you're confusing ANACRON and ANACONDA. > anaconda is the > My-box-isn't-a-server-and-doesn't-stay-running-for-weeks-on-end cron > daemon. You only use either crond (vixie-cron) or anacron. crond runs > things at the time intervals specified in the various crontab's on your > system. If the system isn't running at those times, you miss out. If it > is, then good. anacron, on the other hand, will renice it's processes > (lower their priority in the run-queue so as not to trip over other > processes' feet as much as vixie-cron does) and it will also adjust the > times a bit in order to run the cron jobs. Example: My system is a system > that typically gets turned off at night, and on the next day at some time. > When I turn the system on, about 5 minutes (usually) after boot, the daily > jobs get run since they're due usually everytime I boot the system. It is > possible for anacron to run things like daily jobs multiple times in a > day. I think anacron will run my jobs about twice inside a small window of > time (up to a few hours or so). Yes, it gets annoying (I used to use > crond and it worked well). If you're system is always up during a set > period of time, then you might want to use crond instead (which I'm now > thinking of going back to since I work a steady shift now.. my computer's > uptime is based around my work schedule like most people). > > Best idea: Try one.. try the other.. etc etc :) > > - -Statux > > > On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Patrick Nelson wrote: > > > What does installing anaconda do for me. I tried it and then ran anaconda > > but it asks for an installation method. However there isn't any information > > that I can find on it anywhere on the system. What is the command line > > structure of the anaconda command? > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > - -- > - -Statux > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: pgpenvelope 2.10.2 - http://pgpenvelope.sourceforge.net/ > > iD8DBQE79cD7ZriHHoi+4toRAqLdAKCLGJkqibqO0cYSGflz6Ljt8V1sgACfQ422 > ZnpdTV1wjd4GGbu9pZ/65n4= > =xmdR > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
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