-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 28 July 2002 09:35, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Sat, 2002-07-27 at 22:18, Danny Tholen wrote: > > I never understood why both atd and anacron have to be started as service > > automatically. They are not used by any standard programs? > > Anacron is Mandrake's preferred cron replacement; atd is necessary for > it to work properly. cron (and anacron) are scheduling programs which > allow other programs to be run at regular intervals. You could live > without them, but they're very handy tools and Mandrake does use them by > default (to build your 'locate' database weekly, for example.)
I thought all of this was done by cron only. Why not just choose either cron or anacron? Danny - -- "`What's been happening here?' he demanded. `Oh just the nicest things, sir, just the nicest things. can I sit on your lap please?'" "`Colin, I am going to abandon you to your fate.' `I'm so happy.'" "`It will be very, very nasty for you, and that's just too bad. Got it?' `I gurgle with pleasure.'" - -- Ford and Colin the robot. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9Q8GuaeiN+EU2vEIRAu0QAJ4vB2TVfs/DDkXdcqXLoW25zAiGpwCgn7wb mB2tgQ6B9c/Yd1NyT3b1V+I= =0iAk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
