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cron.daily scripts are executed according to the entry for cron.daily in the
/etc/crontab file. On my Mandrake 8.2 box the cron.daily stuff is run every
day at 4:02am.
See:
$ man crontab
$ man 5 crontab
SainTiss wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to figure out how cron/at work/cooperate...
>
> How, for example, does cron determine that the scripts in
> /etc/cron.daily need to be executed? Does it just do that at midnight?
> Or does it know when 24 hours have passed since the last execution?
>
> Also, I believe that, if the system is down when the execution should
> take place, at takes over... When does the execution of the
> /etc/cron.daily scripts take place in that case?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Hans
>
>
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KevinO
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