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Re: cron vs anacron



on Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 09:38:37PM -0200, chiappa@centroin.com.br (chiappa@centroin.com.br) wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Does cron work correctly in a system which is powered down periodically,
> like a pc at home? 

No.  cron starts jobs at a specified time.

> If it does, why does anacron exist?

See above.  anacron checks to see what jobs were skipped during
downtime.

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