Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 11:39:19 +0200 From: Michael Rudolph <michael.rudolph@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Delayed cronjobs Message-ID: <200805301139.19943.michael.rudolph@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <483FC68E.2030603@webrz.net> References: <483FC68E.2030603@webrz.net>
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On Friday 30 May 2008 11:19:10 Jos Chrispijn wrote: > Let's say my system has been down for one day. Is it possible to > automatically (re)start cronjobs on system startup that should have > been run the day before? > > -- Jos > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Hello Jos, you might want to have a look at anacron(8). =46rom its man page: Anacron can be used to execute commands periodically, with a frequency=20 specified in days. Unlike cron(8), it does not assume that the machine=20 is running continuously. Hence, it can be used on machines that aren't=20 running 24 hours a day, to control daily, weekly, and monthly jobs that=20 are usually controlled by cron. I hope that helps. michael
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