On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Erik Steffl wrote: > there is a version of cron (don't remember the name) that runs > everything that should have been run but wasn't (because system was > down) right after the system starts, that might make anacron obsolete. fcron, but it doesn't do ALL that Debian's cron do, at least not yet. As for making anacron obsolete, well, anacron is smaller and simpler. fcron does more but eats more memory and cpu. It's the usual "choose the right tool for the job". > and you are not supposed to turn off the computer! ever! :-)) Err... but how am I supposed to remove the lint inside the fans then? :P -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh
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