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Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 15:48:05 +0300 (EEST)
From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramidi@otenet.gr>
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On Thu, 31 May 2001, David Leimbach wrote:

> Is periodic like anacron in linux?
>
> Dave

No, if you mean if it will run jobs that were 'skipped' because the machine
was turned off or because cron was not running, it isn't.

--giorgos


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