Re: rotating log files

[Torsten Hilbrich <Torsten.Hilbrich@gmx.net>]

Thomas Adams <tadams@pobox.com> writes:

> On Sun, Dec 20, 1998 at 02:17:06AM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> 
> > The package "anacron" provides this functionality.
> 
> Speaking of anacron: I used one of the preset configuration schemes
> (Scientific Workstation) on one hamm machine and noticed that it has
> both cron and anacron running. Isn't this kind of pointless?

No.  Anacron run once the computer is started and invoked every day
using cron to ensure maintainence in case the computer is up for a
long time.

Please read /usr/doc/anacron/README.Debian for more detailed
information.

	Torsten

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