-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ohhh yeah.. well I had some good info anyway. anaconda is.. um.. on the tip of my tongue but i forget what it is :)
I worked all day.. can't see straight :) On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, ABrady wrote: > Sounds like you're confusing ANACRON and ANACONDA. > > > anaconda is the > > My-box-isn't-a-server-and-doesn't-stay-running-for-weeks-on-end cron > > daemon. You only use either crond (vixie-cron) or anacron. crond runs > > things at the time intervals specified in the various crontab's on > your > > system. If the system isn't running at those times, you miss out. If > it > > is, then good. anacron, on the other hand, will renice it's processes > > (lower their priority in the run-queue so as not to trip over other > > processes' feet as much as vixie-cron does) and it will also adjust > the > > times a bit in order to run the cron jobs. Example: My system is a > system > > that typically gets turned off at night, and on the next day at some > time. > > When I turn the system on, about 5 minutes (usually) after boot, the > daily > > jobs get run since they're due usually everytime I boot the system. It > is > > possible for anacron to run things like daily jobs multiple times in a > > day. I think anacron will run my jobs about twice inside a small > window of > > time (up to a few hours or so). Yes, it gets annoying (I used to use > > crond and it worked well). If you're system is always up during a set > > period of time, then you might want to use crond instead (which I'm > now > > thinking of going back to since I work a steady shift now.. my > computer's > > uptime is based around my work schedule like most people). > > > > Best idea: Try one.. try the other.. etc etc :) > > > > - -Statux > > > > > > On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Patrick Nelson wrote: > > > > > What does installing anaconda do for me. I tried it and then ran > anaconda > > > but it asks for an installation method. However there isn't any > information > > > that I can find on it anywhere on the system. What is the command > line > > > structure of the anaconda command? > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Redhat-list mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > - -- > > - -Statux > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: pgpenvelope 2.10.2 - http://pgpenvelope.sourceforge.net/ > > > > iD8DBQE79cD7ZriHHoi+4toRAqLdAKCLGJkqibqO0cYSGflz6Ljt8V1sgACfQ422 > > ZnpdTV1wjd4GGbu9pZ/65n4= > > =xmdR > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > - -- - -Statux -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: pgpenvelope 2.10.2 - http://pgpenvelope.sourceforge.net/ iD8DBQE79cZXZriHHoi+4toRAszFAJwM+Xwqio+9JXMhkC+vJNWiipf1MwCfQF+H yjqunw+XIg6fqkV78F6lm58= =ppDa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
