Re: how to run task periodically

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Re: how to run task periodically

On 18-8-2010 9:22, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 1:58 AM, Mark Stapper > wrote: > > So I need a utility that enable me to say: "if a week has passed since > the last run, run this command". > Is there such a utlility? > > > /usr/ports/sysut

Re: how to run task periodically

On 08/18/2010 10:58, Mark Stapper wrote: Hi, I have a system that doesn't run 24/7/365. I would like to make sure that some tasks (like updating the ports tree) run weekly/monthly etc. As the system isn't on 24/7 the cron job I usually run for these tasks doesn't work as the machine isn't alwa

Re: how to run task periodically

crontab -e ? See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron Cheers, Antonio 2010/8/18 Mark Stapper : >  Hi, > > I have a system that doesn't run 24/7/365. > I would like to make sure that some tasks (like updating the ports tree) > run weekly/monthly etc. > As the system isn't on 24/7 the cron job I usua

Re: how to run task periodically

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 1:58 AM, Mark Stapper wrote: > So I need a utility that enable me to say: "if a week has passed since > the last run, run this command". > Is there such a utlility? > /usr/ports/sysutils/anacron -- Adam Vande More ___ freebsd

how to run task periodically

Hi, I have a system that doesn't run 24/7/365. I would like to make sure that some tasks (like updating the ports tree) run weekly/monthly etc. As the system isn't on 24/7 the cron job I usually run for these tasks doesn't work as the machine isn't always running on the scheduled time. So I need