Re: cron jobs not done during sleep

2007-09-17 Thread RW
On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:22:45 -0700 "Steve Franks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a tool or setting to implement this functionality? I want > something to happen weekly, I don't care when. One way is to install a crontab replacement like fcron, but the easiest way to handle this is to ins

Re: cron jobs not done during sleep

2007-09-17 Thread David Kelly
On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 08:22:45AM -0700, Steve Franks wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong, but cron doesn't keep track of the last time > something was done, does it? Which is to say if my system is crashed, > was asleep, or powered off when a job is supposed to happen, it will > not happen the next

Re: cron jobs not done during sleep

2007-09-17 Thread Bill Moran
In response to "Steve Franks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Correct me if I'm wrong, but cron doesn't keep track of the last time > something was done, does it? Which is to say if my system is crashed, > was asleep, or powered off when a job is supposed to happen, it will > not happen the next time the