From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 6 09:39:27 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E17B716A4CE; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 09:39:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hosea.tallye.com (joel.tallye.com [216.99.199.78]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B03643D2F; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 09:39:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lorenl@alzatex.com) Received: from hosea.tallye.com (hosea.tallye.com [127.0.0.1]) by hosea.tallye.com (8.12.8/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j169d5Gf001175 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 6 Feb 2005 01:39:05 -0800 Received: (from sttng359@localhost) by hosea.tallye.com (8.12.8/8.12.10/Submit) id j169d2dX001173; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 01:39:02 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: hosea.tallye.com: sttng359 set sender to lorenl@alzatex.com using -f Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 01:39:02 -0800 From: "Loren M. Lang" To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" Message-ID: <20050206093902.GN8619@alzatex.com> References: <200502051745.25937.hindrich@worldchat.com> <20050206013000.GB49637@wantadilla.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050206013000.GB49637@wantadilla.lemis.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-GPG-Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc X-GPG-Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C cc: Peterhin cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Leaving a Computer Running ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 09:39:28 -0000 On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 12:00:01PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Saturday, 5 February 2005 at 17:45:25 -0500, Peterhin wrote: > > > > Is it better to leave a computer (a stand alone) running continuously or > > is it OK to shut it down at the end of the day.? > > I remember years ago someone mentioned that it is better for the > > circuitry to leave it running. > > Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated > > I won't jump in on the bikeshed about the effects on the electronics. > A thing that nobody has mentioned so far is that by default, the > system performs a number of functions (via cron) in the middle of the > night. If you turn it off, you should check /etc/crontab and decide > when to perform the nightly maintenance. sysutils/anacron is a program that runs on boot and determines what cron jobs would of been run while the system wasn't running then starts them. > > Greg > -- > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. > For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > See complete headers for address and phone numbers. -- I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C