On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 06:49:21PM -0400, Daniel Johnson wrote: <SNIP>
> Another note, which I haven't seen reported anywhere, is that > starting with 10.4.2 launchd now has anacron-like abilities built-in. > From "man launchd.plist": > > StartInterval <integer> > This optional key causes the job to be started every N seconds. > If the system is asleep, the job will be started the next time > the computer wakes up. If multiple intervals transpire before > the computer is woken, those events will be coalesced into one > event upon wake from sleep. > > StartCalendarInterval <dictionary of integers> > This optional key causes the job to be started every calendar > interval as specified. Missing arguments are considered to be > wildcard. The semantics are much like crontab(5). Unlike cron > which skips job invocations when the computer is asleep, launchd > will start the job the next time the com- puter wakes up. If > multiple intervals transpire before the computer is woken, those > events will be coalesced into one event upon wake from sleep. > > So anacron is now redundant. I no longer use anacron for anything, > but just rely on launchd to take care of things. That's really cool; thanks for pointing that out. Do you know whether the StartCalendarInterval setting works if the computer is off at the scheduled time, as opposed to asleep? Richard ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
