On Jul 21, 2008, at 4:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Laptop users that suspend don't really have another choice.That alternative is to run your daily cron jobs yourself at a convenient time.That introduces human error into the equation. Suspending laptop users are just need to tough it on this one.
From what I recall on a moderately recent Linux install on a laptop, anacron will run periodically through the day out of cron itself and "catch up" on things that were missed, I think. I remember finding things kicking off via anacron after waking a laptop.
Checking /etc/anacrontab on my CentOS system (whitespace trimmed): # /etc/anacrontab: configuration file for anacron # See anacron(8) and anacrontab(5) for details. SHELL=/bin/sh PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin MAILTO=root 1 65 cron.daily run-parts /etc/cron.daily 7 70 cron.weekly run-parts /etc/cron.weekly 30 75 cron.monthly run-parts /etc/cron.monthly So, it tries to catch up on the periodic stuff for you. Gregory -- Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP Key ID: EAF4844B keyserver: pgpkeys.mit.edu
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