Re: Cron-ing apt-get update

[David Baron <d_baron@012.net.il>]

Thanks for the instructions!

I installed the cron-apt
Edited the /etc/anacrotab file 

Hopefully did it correctly -- copied the format of what was there, assigned 
period and delays and an ID and copied the command from what was shown on the 
webmin cron listing. (Webmin could probably use an "anacron" plugin too.)

On Friday 12 March 2004 04:04, debian-user-digest-request@lists.debian.org 
wrote:
> The only cronjobs that are anacron'ed by default are the
> ones that are run in the /etc/cron.monthly, /etc/cron.daily, and
> /etc/cron.weekly directories (NOT /etc/cron.hourly, and NOT the user
> crontabs).
>
> It's easy enough for you to read anacron's manpage and set that
> up to run your task, but it's not the default, so your task is never
> getting run if you shut down at night.