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RE: cron and anacron



On 06-Jan-2000 Martin Schulze wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> can somebody explain me why our cron package suggests anacron?
> 
> I thought anacron was useful for systems that are not turned
> on 24h/day but replaces cron.  Having installed both packages
> doesn't make much sense, imho.
> 

anacron merely ensures a job gets run in a period of time, cron still does the
actual scheduling.

As to why it suggests it, that I do not know.


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