Re: Should packages depend on cron?
On Wed, 23 Jul 1997, Scott K. Ellis wrote:
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> On 23 Jul 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
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> > Does anacron work for people who do have their machines up all
> > the time? can it be used to replace cron entirely? Is it stable?
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> Yes, no, and yes.
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> Or to elaborate, anacron is a package that, when run, will check each of
> the jobs in its config file and check if they have been run within the
> number of days specified. If not, it forks them to run in the background,
> otherwise it *exits*. It needs run again, usually at system startup and
> perhaps within a cron job that happens once a day. For example, here are
> my crontab and anacrontab files:
[helpful example snipped :-)]
I think I see an idea forming. Put anacron in recommended or more
appropriate area. Set it to run the daily,weekly,monthly scripts at 3 or
4 am when no one should be on a server that's always on. Put it in the
boot up scripts for personal machines that aren't always on. Finally do
something to fool anacron into getting back into a weekly, monthly
routine (i.e. a server that has been shutdown for a weekend will run the
weekly scripts on sunday and not monday, when the 7 days would normally
be up).
This lets servers and personal systems use the default debian setup for
crontab entries, and handles unexpected shutdowns with ease.
Does this sound good,
Brandon
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