From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 30 10:04:18 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5474106564A for ; Fri, 30 May 2008 10:04:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael.rudolph@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.158]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 682598FC0C for ; Fri, 30 May 2008 10:04:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael.rudolph@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so101747fgb.35 for ; Fri, 30 May 2008 03:04:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; bh=uucba/EXEwFpq2hY+PfoM78giuQDB/dfMHTvPXEjVHw=; b=ml9QP0Heu6ZPhNOCyOGaTzzC1JmRQ8ZqIR6sFOphDT3nSU6jAZcuq3h3DLfaCQ6sX/jShAsKRcO/uBj6gzn0UNWCm/0R1lrMg8PxPg6r9XV69J2kEp4FdPtn42AARXcFoTBmztReqVvRKvfBHnejSvQBidHYjabvIcbf/5MLMQM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; b=e/ixTX/m60WM6zwMg+pxR8h4G95uufc00p3UuF1mROpkCRGUbt2gr/q37FnNsoWkoTL89k/WCiFHN7kzo6GXcCmY3ECYV/bH4lY0HoQnLDjj+ZO9XMBkmT8eAGHlB7J4hoFDVDiyNoTKhW//zABjERWFTd7anh8kWDbFy0Atdc4= Received: by 10.86.89.1 with SMTP id m1mr4361593fgb.20.1212140364469; Fri, 30 May 2008 02:39:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from thinkpad ( [79.209.192.216]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l12sm355595fgb.8.2008.05.30.02.39.22 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 30 May 2008 02:39:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Rudolph To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 11:39:19 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <483FC68E.2030603@webrz.net> In-Reply-To: <483FC68E.2030603@webrz.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200805301139.19943.michael.rudolph@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Delayed cronjobs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 10:04:19 -0000 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