In reply to Ross's mail, d.d. Mon, 19 Aug 2002 22:27:21 +0100: AFAIK Anacron will pick and run any jobs that have not been executed by cron in time. So when you set up the FTP in the user crontab and the machine is down, anacron will perform the task after booting the machine.
That is what anacron is made for. Paul >Does anyone know if its possible to have anacron run tasks for >individual users, in a similar way to how each user can be allowed >their own crontab? > >I have a script that involves an ftp operation and must access .netrc >in the users home directory, so it seems that it can only be run by >that specific user. I need to be sure that the script runs at least >once a week but my system does not run all the time. -- What you will do matters. All you need is to do it. -Judy Grahn http://nlpagan.net - Linux Mandrake 8.2 - Sylpheed 0.8.0 Help Microsoft combat software piracy: give Linux to a friend today!
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