[TriLUG] Cron question

Andrew Perrin clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu
Fri Jan 25 22:08:14 EST 2008


On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:

> On Sat, 26 Jan 2008, Jeremy Portzer wrote:
>
>> Anacron is used to run cron jobs that don't run during their regularly
>> scheduled time when your computer is off.
>
> didn't know that. I assumed it was just another cron demon.
> Thanks
>
>> You should definitely leave it enabled if it's a laptop,
> .
> .
>> Otherwise cron jobs like "updatedb" won't be run and your
>> locate database won't be updated, for example.
>
> so when I boot up my laptop, it will launch updatedb, run my
> image/map/file updates, backup the disk, run tripwire, run
> the long check with smartctl,, :-)
>

If configured right, only if the laptop is plugged into AC power.

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